Feature: Why indoor air quality should be the focus for housing policy makers

Baroness Finlay, chair of the Board of Trustees at the CO Research Trust explains why the Covid-19 pandemic should bring health and indoor air quality back into focus for housing policymakers.

On the 5th of July 2021 the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government (DHCL) published the Building Safety Bill. This draft Bill is the ‘next step in ground-breaking reforms to give residents and homeowners more rights, powers and protections.’ Most importantly, this is about making homes across the country safer.

The CO Research Trust welcomes this renewed focus on safety within the area of housing policy and supports the improved requirements for construction and materials. However, it is essential that careful thought is given to the overall health considerations of the built environment. We now have a critical opportunity to put health at the heart of housing policy – it’s one we cannot afford to miss [...]

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