Predicting Damp Before It Spreads
17/03/2026
Jenny Danson
What better data and analysis could change about how housing providers prevent damp and mould.
Damp and mould are not new problems in UK housing. What has changed is the level of scrutiny and expectation around how landlords identify, assess and prevent harm. Health is now central to housing regulation and operational decision making, rather than a secondary consideration.
Recent research led by Professor David Glew and Dr Adam Hardy at the Leeds Sustainability Institute highlights why this shift matters. Their work focuses on how damp and mould are currently surveyed, how risk can be predicted using existing housing data, and what this means for healthier homes at scale.
The findings raise important questions for housing providers about data quality, professional practice and the limits of technology when used in isolation.
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