The winter chill is still with us, and property inspectors are urging landlords to ensure their rentals are warm and dry.
Compliance with healthy homes standards is still lagging, more than two years since the law took effect.
Advocates say it's leaving renters powerless as they get stuck in drafty, mouldy homes, amid rental shortages.
Louise Ternouth reports.
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