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Awaab’s Law takes effect in October 2025.  This focused, technical session will take you through the detail of the new rules, key deadlines and timescales. You will come away with a procedure to ensure compliance and tenant safety.

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    This focused session aims to help you ensure compliance with Awaab’s Law, which comes into force on 27 October 2025, as set out in the Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025.

    It addresses damp and mould hazards (and emergency hazards) within mandated timeframes, ensuring tenant safety, clear communication and robust recordkeeping to mitigate legal risks.

    HQN expert Wayne Hughes, author of our recent model for compliance, will take delegates through the definitions, exceptions and defences, supporting systems and policies to ensure you haven’t missed anything.

    If you don’t meet the timeframes set out in the law, you could face court action and increasing disrepair cases.  This 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 will be covered:

    • The detail of Awaab’s Law
    • Definitions
    • Procedure
    • Exceptions and defences
    • Supporting systems and policies
    • Implementation timeline
    • Monitoring and review.

    Why attend?

    • To get the most up to date information on Awaab’s Law and the regulations
    • To learn from the experts on how to ensure compliance
    • To have the opportunity to go through each stage and ensure your policies and procedures cover everything
    • To ask questions and discuss issues with our HQN associate and other delegates.

    Essential for:

    • Directors of housing
    • Asset directors and managers
    • Strategy and policy leads
    • Operational teams – housing, repairs and maintenance, customer services
    • Legal teams
    • Disrepair teams
    • Those who want to gain a better understanding of Awaab’s Law.
  • Our speaker

    Wayne Hughes, Associate, HQN

    Wayne Hughes is an experienced consultant who has worked at a senior level within private and public sector housing-related organisations for the past 40 years. He has authored many articles on asset management-related activities and has sat on several advisory bodies for the social housing sector, including sitting on the panel which developed the widely used Disrepair Pre-action Protocol. He was also part of the team which established the English House Condition Survey (now called the English Housing Survey).

  • Programme

    10:00am Introduction and welcome

    • Wayne Hughes, Associate, HQN

    10:10am Awaab’s Law – the overview

    • Wayne Hughes, Associate, HQN

    10:40am A model for compliance

    • Wayne Hughes, Associate, HQN

    11:30am Questions and discussion

    12:00pm Close

  • Cancellations and substitutions

    If you are unable to attend an event or public training course, please let us know in writing (email is fine) at least 48 hours before. Please email [email protected]

    Otherwise, a cancellation fee of £60 plus VAT will be chargeable.

    If you are using a package place to attend and do not inform us within the agreed time frame, then a place will be taken to cover your non-attendance.

    Cancellations must be made in writing and will be acknowledged by HQN Limited.

  • Price and booking

    Bookings are closed for this event.

    If you experience any issues when submitting your booking, please email [email protected] with the name and date of the session along with the delegate name(s), email address(es) and job title(s) and we'll process the booking for you.

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