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Are We Solving Damp and Mould - Or Just Resetting the Clock?

29/04/2026

Damp and mould are not new issues, but the way they’re being judged has changed. 

What might once have been considered a reasonable response, for example attend, clean, redecorate, is now being looked at very differently. Under Awaab’s Law and a more proactive regulatory environment, the question is no longer whether action was taken - it’s whether the problem was actually resolved. 

And across the sector, there’s a pattern that’s increasingly hard to ignore - the same properties, the same complaints, the same interventions. Repeated time and again. 

To explore why that’s happening, and what needs to change, we spoke to Christopher Thomas, Director at ArcAirTech about what they’re seeing across housing and beyond. 

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