Due to popular demand the full recording of our event ‘Awaab’s Law – are you ready?’, held on 23 July 2025, is now available to watch on-demand for a limited period.

Order your on-demand viewing today to:

• Watch a full video recording of the event, including all presentations, Q&A sessions and panel discussions via Zoom
• Receive copies of the slides used during speaker presentations
• Get access to on-the-day materials, including speaker biographies and the agenda.

‘Awaab’s Law will come into force for the social rented sector from 27 October 2025. From this point social landlords will have to address all emergency hazards and all damp and mould hazards that present a significant risk of harm to tenants to fixed timeframes.’

From 27 October, landlords must:

• Investigate any potential emergency hazards and undertake relevant safety work within 24 hours
• Investigate any potential significant damp and mould within 10 working days
• Produce a written summary of investigation findings within 3 working days
• If a significant hazard, undertake relevant safety work within 5 working days
• Begin, any further required works within 5 working days if possible and within 12 weeks if not
• Satisfactorily complete works within a reasonable time period
• Secure the provision of suitable alternative accommodation for the household, if required
• Keep the named tenant updated throughout the process and provide information on how to keep safe.

This is your opportunity to get the latest advice from HQN’s expert team – HQN associate Mike Victory-Rowe and legal expert Dorota Pawlowski, Partner at Trowers & Hamlins LLP – on what the law means, what’s coming and what you need to have in place.

Don’t delay. Make sure you are on track.

If you don’t meet the timeframes set out in the law, you could face court action and increasing disrepair cases. This focused and practical workshop is essential for Directors and Managers of Assets and Repairs, along with their teams. It is designed for anyone involved in reviewing and improving processes and systems for effectively managing damp and mould and meeting Awaab’s Law requirements.

What we cover:

• The detail of Awaab’s Law
• Advice on how to meet the new requirements and timescales
• Practical tips and good practice on dealing with damp and mould.

What you will get from the recording:

• The most up to date information on Awaab’s Law and the regulations
• Learn from the experts on what practical steps to take to get your repairs service ready for October
• Explore the legal consequences of not meeting the requirements
• Understand the impact on disrepair claims and how to prevent them.

Mike Victory-Rowe, Associate, HQN

Mike is a chartered building surveyor with 25 years’ experience in property asset management and social housing, would be our lead consultant. Formerly Assistant Director of Asset Management at Knightstone Housing (2007-2016), he led strategic asset management. He has since worked with housing associations to assess financial positions using NPV modelling, influence asset strategies, and develop active asset management approaches, including apprisal and disposal policy. For the past nine years, he has advised charities and social housing landlords on asset management strategies. His expertise spans strategic asset management, decarbonisation, compliance, NPV modelling, property appraisals, stock condition surveys, financial planning, investment strategy, procurement, change management, and staff development.

Dorota Pawlowski, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Dorota has over 20 years’ experience in the residential property sector having started her housing career at Birmingham County Council.

Specialising in all aspects of issues that may face a residential landlord, Dorota advises registered providers on all aspects of housing management issues but has developed a particular expertise in relation to disrepair claims and increasingly, claims for unfitness for human habitation. Dorota leads a team of solicitors and paralegals who deal with a large volume of disrepair cases and fights hard to defend cases or settle them for as low a sum as possible.  She regularly represents clients in the County Courts in applications for injunctions and possessions. She has advised extensively on the drafting of tenancy agreements and has reviewed registered providers’ policies and procedures.

Dorota also speaks and trains regularly on all aspects of housing management issues both internally and externally such as at CIH events. She has trained extensively in relation to all issues concerning disrepair.  She is a Committee member of the Social Housing Law Association and was instrumental in reforming the Midlands regional branch of this organisation which she now jointly chairs.

Introduction and welcome

• Mike Victory-Rowe, Associate, HQN

Awaab’s Law – the overview

• Mike Victory-Rowe, Associate, HQN

Best practice on damp and mould

•  Mike Victory-Rowe, Associate, HQN

Break

The legal and disrepair implications

• Dorota Pawlowski, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Closing remarks

• Mike Victory-Rowe, Associate, HQN

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