- Over 40% of homes had not had an electrical condition test for more than 11 years
- Over 9,000 overdue fire safety remedial actions, of which over 8,000 were overdue by more than 12 months
- Unable to provide sufficient assurance that we are effectively mitigating safety risks for all homes affected
- Unable to evidence that the relevant regulations are being met for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Serious failings in identifying and meeting all legal requirements that relate to the health and safety of tenants in their homes and communal areas
We have looked into why these failings happened and we found that we need to:
- Improve how we use data and information on our homes so we can make sure we are keeping buildings and residents safe
- Make better use of our housing systems to record information on compliance inspections and any actions required
- We need to have the right building safety skills and ways of working in the housing service
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What we said we will do |
Our target date |
What we have done so far (October 2025) |
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Complete a review of how we make sure we complete all legal requirements that relate to the health and safety of tenants in their homes and communal areas |
June 2025
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Completed |
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Carry out an electrical condition test on homes that have not had one for 10 years |
June 2025 |
We have completed testing on 96% of homes. 4% of homes are not completed as we have not been able to access the property |
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Improve how we use information to make sure each home has a working smoke and carbon monoxide alarm |
June 2025 |
We have confirmed that 94% of our homes have working smoke alarms and 99% have working carbon monoxide alarms |
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Put safety measures in place for any buildings where there are outstanding compliance actions |
August 2025 |
Completed |
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Improve how we use information that is collected during communal block health and safety inspections |
December 2025 |
This work is underway and will be completed on time |
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Put in place recommendations from the review of how we make sure we complete all legal requirements that relate to the health and safety of tenants in their homes and communal areas |
Original date: December 2025 New date: March 2026 |
The review has been completed and we are now working through all of the recommendations |
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Carry out an electrical condition test on homes that have not had one for 5 years |
June 2026 |
Electrical testing has started on homes that have not had one for 5 years. There may be some homes that we might not be able to access within the time frame |
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Complete any work that is needed following a fire risk assessment including replacing or repairing fire doors |
March 2029 |
We have nearly halved the number of overdue fire risk assessment actions identified at the time of the inspection |
