RSH publishes fire safety remediation report

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published the finding from its latest survey of 11 metre plus building in the social housing sector.

Of the 17,516 relevant buildings reported, 99.2 per cent had had fire risk assessments undertaken and 11.5 per cent (2,009) were reported as having a life critical fire safety defect relating to the external wall system.

Landlords reported that work is complete on 7.2 per cent (144) of affected buildings (this includes those still awaiting building control sign off).

Will Perry, Director of Strategy at RSH, said: "Fire safety continues to be a hugely important priority for the social housing sector. While the vast majority of buildings have no life critical fire safety defects, we are continuing to scrutinise progress closely for the minority that do.

"We expect landlords to keep accurate data and rigorous systems in place to make sure tenants are safe - this includes any necessary mitigating measures to protect residents while works are completed.

“The collection and publication of this data is just one of a number of tools we use, alongside our programme of inspections and responsive engagement, to make sure landlords are meeting fire safety requirements.”