Does your team struggle with technical debt? Or are you always on top of it with the full support of the business?

Are you a leader/product person on the team? Do you help the team with keeping on top of things? Or does the tech debt take a back seat?

Tell me your stories/ideas and experiences.

One of the tips I have and use for teams that use estimation is the following:
If you know that there is tech debt that needs addressing as it has been slowing you down a lot, you can always increase your estimates to allow for that time. As in theory developers use estimates to communicate how long certain features will take, so use the tools available to you to communicate technical debt.