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New rental sector consultation – smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
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Original Source: Letting Agent Today.
Original Author: Graham Norwood.
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Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector – although it does not suggest any likely change in the current regulations.
The Department of Communities and Local Government, which has launched the consultation, says it is part of the ongoing health and safety review of rented accommodation in the wake of the Grenfall Tower tragedy.
Current guidance also recommends that tenants test these alarms, ideally monthly.
Responses are required to this consultation by January 9; the result are likely to be used in inform the independent review into building regulations and fire safety being conducted by Dame Judith Hackett, which is expected to report next spring.
