Letters: <strong>Dr Stephen Battersby</strong> says the law already protects tenants, but is not being enforced for lack of means, while <strong>Fran Turner</strong> says a TV drama might lead to action
<strong>Letters: </strong>There is already a system for local councils to tackle damp and cold homes, but it has been undermined by 13 years of cuts, writes <strong>Dr Stephen Battersby. </strong>Plus letters from <strong>Dr Richard Turkington </strong>and <strong>Neil Blackshaw</strong>
This public health crisis is a symptom of a housing system in which the basic human right to shelter is subordinated to the rampant profiteering of private landlords and cost-cutting of central and local government.