Housing condition survey

A study is to be carried out for the council of the condition of housing in East Cambridgeshire – private as well as social.

This won’t however mean people in muddy boots trudging into our living rooms to inspect the radiators. It’ll be a desk-based study by BRE Ltd (formerly the government’s Building Research Establishment), done by gathering together existing data from a variety of sources in a way that establishes relationships between them. These sources will include the English Housing Survey but also information such as census and credit rating data.

The report will provide useful information on the state of our district’s housing, from disrepair and inefficient heating to fuel poverty and fall hazards.

The council has a legal obligation to review the condition of its area’s housing from time to time – and the last survey, done in a very different way, was in 2009. This one will cost half as much, but provide better quality information which can then be updated by the council in real time.

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