Housing health and safety rating system - operating guidance. Housing Act 2004 - guidance about inspections and assessment of hazards given under Section 9

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Core Supplement

Abstract

Covers: the background and theory behind the housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS); the terminology used in the guidance, giving definitions for particular words and phrases and discusses responsibility for housing conditions; the principles and stages involved in the hazard rating procedure; the procedure for the assessment of conditions using the rating system, giving practical guidance on how to score hazards caused by deficiencies identified through a survey of a dwelling; supplemental guidance on the assessment of conditions and the scoring of hazards in flats and other multi-occupied residential buildings; the landlord’s (owner’s) responsibilities in relation to housing conditions which may contribute to hazards; guidance on surveying for the purposes of the HHSRS, which includes an example hazard scoring form; health conditions for each of the four classes of harm used in the HHSRS; profiles of HHSRS hazards, which provide a description and an outline for the potential for harm, state whether a particular age group is more vulnerable to the hazard than others, and give the statistical averages for the likelihood and outcomes by age range of dwellings. Guidance is also given on the causes of the hazard and the preventative measures to avoid or minimise it.

ISBN

9781851128464

Subjects

• Building types
• Housing/residential facilities

Publisher History

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is now known as the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Their publications included the Building Regulations Approved Documents, Planning Policy Guidance Notes, and technical reports and fact sheets covering a wide range of subjects within the built environment.