FOI request (FOIR-635166045)

Management of Rising Damp

Requested Wed 31 July 2024
Responded Fri 20 September 2024

I would be grateful if you could provide answers to the following questions regarding all council-owned properties, both commercial and residential, over the last ten years:

1) How many properties have been diagnosed with rising damp.

2) How many properties has the council instructed a contractor to install an injected chemical damp proof course

3) Of these properties, how many have had a re-occurrence of damp, whereby the council has made an application under the installers guarantee.

4) How many claims under the guarantee were successful and how many were unsuccessful. 

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding. 

Hastings Borough Council did a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer of its housing stock in 1996 and now only has a small portfolio of homes used for temporary accommodation.

1) How many properties have been diagnosed with rising damp:

Answer: 1

2) How many properties has the council instructed a contractor to install an injected chemical damp proof course:

Answer: 0

3) Of these properties, how many have had a re-occurrence of damp, whereby the council has made an application under the installers guarantee:

Answer: N/A

4) How many claims under the guarantee were successful and how many were unsuccessful:

Answer: N/A