Carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in rented properties

Carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in rented properties

Yesterday the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities announced that under new rules housing providers are required by law to install smoke alarms in all social housing, and carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in social and private rented properties with fixed appliances such as gas boilers or fires.

The regulation changes will also require:

• Carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted when new appliances such as gas boilers or fires are installed in any home.
• Landlords and housing providers in social and private rented sectors to repair or replace smoke and carbon monoxide alarms once they are told they are faulty.

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