New Government ads to encourage complaints about ‘rogue landlords’

Social housing tenants will be urged to complain about shoddy and dangerous housing in a major new Government advertising campaign.

The Government is launching a new advertising campaign to encourage social housing tenants to complain about shoddy accommodation (Victoria Jones/PA) (PA Wire)

Social housing tenants will be urged to complain about shoddy and dangerous housing in a major new Government advertising campaign.

Housing Secretary Michael Gove said the campaign, which will encourage tenants to voice complaints first to landlords and then to the Housing Ombudsman if necessary, will “shine a light” on rogue landlords.

The new focus on substandard housing comes after an outcry following the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in his home.