A new study has revealed Welwyn Hatfield has the third lowest proportion of "non-decent" socially rented homes in the country, and Hertsmere ranks sixth lowest on the same metric.
Home-buyer Sell House Fast has conducted analysis of the latest available government data from the English Housing Survey 2023 to 2024 - specifically non-decent homes by tenure and region, and Category One hazards by tenure.
Split by local authority, Welwyn Hatfield was found to have only 393 non-decent socially rented homes - just 4.1 per cent of the total in the borough, while Hertsmere had 332 - 4.3 per cent of its total.
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Non-decent homes refers to properties that fail to meet the Decent Homes Standard, i.e. those which have at least one Category One hazard, are in a poor state of repair, lack modern facilities, or do not provide a reasonable degree of thermal comfort.
A Category One issue is a hazard that poses a real risk to the health and safety of the occupants or guests in the homes, which the council has a legal obligation to resolve.
Other local authorities in Hertfordshire came out well, with Stevenage in first place with just 3.9 per cent of its socially rented homes deemed non-decent, as well as 4.2 per cent in Three Rivers and 4.5 per cent in St Albans.
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