Angela Rayner will promise safe, quality housing for everyone in her speech at the Labour conference

In her upcoming speech at the Labour Conference, Angela Rayner, Labour's Deputy Leader and Housing Secretary, is set to announce a comprehensive plan aimed at addressing the UK's housing crisis. Central to her address will be the pledge for decent and safe homes for all citizens, particularly renters who currently face numerous challenges related to housing quality . The introduction of a new Decent Homes Standard for both social and private renters aims to ensure that all homes are safe, warm, and free from issues such as damp and mold. This initiative highlights the stark contrast between current living conditions and the standard that Rayner advocates.

The package will include bringing forward a Remediation Acceleration Plan this autumn to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings.

Deadly cladding remains on more than half of all residential blocks of flats identified as at risk since the Grenfell fire in 2017.

The issue has come back into the spotlight following the conclusion of the inquiry into the tragedy, which found that "systematic dishonesty" contributed to the blaze that killed 72 people.

A source close to Ms Rayner said the hope is for all the reforms “to be in place by summer next year subject to [getting them through] parliament”.

Ms Rayner said ahead of the conference that too many people “have been let down for too long stuck in substandard and even dangerous homes”.

Following the Grenfell inquiry report, Ms Rayner will also pledge a Remediation Acceleration Plan to remove unsafe cladding faster from dangerous homes.

The package of measures includes bringing forward legislation on Awaab's Law this autumn, so hazards such as damp and mould are identified and remedied to set timescales. The Government said it would implement Awaab's Act for social housing and extend protections to the private rented sector through the Renter’s Rights Bill.

"Whilst many housing associations and councils do their best to support tenants, too many have been let down for too long stuck in substandard and even dangerous homes and we’ve seen the devastating consequences," Ms Rayner is due to say on Sunday. "The work of change has begun."

The deputy PM is expected to tell delegates it isn't just about building houses, but 'making houses people can call home'.

Other measures Ms Rayner will announce tomorrow include consulting on a new Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors, and a new law to make landlords respond to complaints about disrepair within legally binding timescales.

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Sarah H

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