Written by people who have lived with it
Most mould advice online is either trying to sell you something or repeating the same three tips. These guides tell you what is actually causing it, what will fix it, what professional removal really costs, and what your landlord is legally required to do.
Source: English Housing Survey 2024-25, housing quality, published January 2026.
Enough to sanity check a quote before you accept it. Five questions about where the mould is, how much there is and what it is growing on, and you get a range with the working shown.
Remediation only. Surveys, replacement materials and fixing the leak that caused it are all on top.
Newest first. Every guide covers what causes the problem, what fixes it, and when to stop and get someone in.
Since 6 October 2026 councils, housing associations and private landlords in Scotland have 10 working days to investigate damp or mould, 3 to tell you what they found and 5 to start the repair. Here is how to use those rights.
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Awaab's Law, the Housing Ombudsman, council enforcement and the remediation trade. Our write-ups of council and government announcements come first, then headlines from the wider press.
The Ministry of Housing says more than 5 million more households in England could gain legal repair deadlines for severe damp and mould if the law is widened beyond social housing.
The Housing Ombudsman's annual review for 2025-26 shows it upheld more than three quarters of complaints about condensation, damp and mould.
The Regulator of Social Housing gave the London and South East landlord a first consumer grade of C2 and said its oversight of health and safety compliance needs work.
GOV.UK
Clampdown on dangerous homes to protect more tenants and familiesScottish Legal News
Awaab’s Law: Strict new rules in play for Scotland’s private rental housing landlordsHQN
Awaab’s Law comes into force in ScotlandGlasgowWorld
Awaab's Law: Will new legislation help Glasgow's tenants battle damp and mould?Social Housing
News - Scotland introduces Awaab’s Law for social and private rented sector landlordsSTV News
'I'm constantly wheezy and my clothes stink': New law targets mould miseryOne email a week with the damp and mould news we have written up: council and government announcements, Awaab's Law enforcement, prosecutions and repairs programmes, each linked to its source. We skip quiet weeks. Unsubscribe in one click.
Mould News is written by people who have dealt with damp homes, not by a remediation company. That means we can be straight about when a problem is a Saturday afternoon job and when it needs someone with a moisture meter.
Figures come from the English Housing Survey, NHS guidance, HSE, or the IICRC S520 standard, and we link to them so you can check.
The cost calculator carries one labelled referral to a remediation firm, and that funds the site. No guide recommends a company, and there are no affiliate links in the writing.
UK housing law is moving quickly. Each guide carries the date it was last checked so you know how current it is.
