Welcome back to Part 2 to our Healthy Homes Standards Compliance Series.

After covering heating last week, let’s turn our attention to
insulation. Landlords will be well aware that there are the 2016 Minimum Standards for insulation to be met by 1 July 2019. The HHS Insulation
Standards go a step further to require there to be qualifying ceiling and underfloor insulation to the 2008 building code level by compliance deadlines. As
with last week’s piece on heating, let’s unpack the requirements at a more granular level. 

1. The standards in detail

Some background reading to consider for those who are not time poor and have an interest in the finer details of the Standards: 

Note that the latter two resources above are intended as overviews. They are fairly brief and do not cover the finer details we feel are important for
landlords to pay attention to. Please do not use either as your sole source of information for the purpose of compliance. 

If you are looking for a go-to guide that covers the essential information you need to comply with the HHS, download and use our HHS Compliance Guide #2 Insulation. Our Insulation Partner, The Insulation Warehouse Limited (TIWL), has also
supplied an overview powerpoint for your reference here. Note that
these are members-only resources, the download will follow once you have logged into your account.  Tenancy Services is also set...