The Renters’ Rights Bill isn’t the only property-related issue coming to Parliament this week.

On Tuesday morning, the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committeebegins the evidence sessions for its new inquiry examining housing conditions in England.

The cross-party committee will be looking at the prevalence of hazards, such as damp and mould, in homes across the country, and scrutinising how effective policies to improve housing conditions are likely to be.

The inquiry will start with Sir Michael Marmot director of the Institute for Health Equity.

Other attendees include Helen Garratt, national housing data and insights lead at Building Research Establishment and Dr Henry Dawson, senior lecturer in housing and public health at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

The opening session of the inquiry focuses on the prevalence and severity of poor housing conditions across all tenures, including social housing and the private rented sector, and the impact of poor housing on people’s health and quality of life. 

The Committee’s conditions of homes inquiry will be examining the Government’s Decent Homes Standard, the introduction of ‘Awaab’s law’, and the passage of the Renters Reform Bill, and looking at how far these policies will go to address poor housing conditions in England.

The inquiry will also be examining conditions in social housing, the private rented sector, new build homes, and in temporary accommodation.