Latest fire remediation survey published by Regulator of Social Housing

Over 99.5% of all relevant reported buildings have had a fire risk assessment carried out. 1,468 relevant buildings (ie 76.3%) are expected to be remediated within the next five years.

Of the 2,723 buildings identified as having life-critical fire safety defects since June 2017, 970 (35.6%) have been remediated (or are completed and awaiting a new building works assessment).

The Regulator of Social Housing will continue to monitor the performance of social landlords in remediating 11 metre-plus buildings and the progress they are making against their plans.

Will Perry, director of strategy at the Regulator of Social Housing, said: “Landlords must act swiftly to address fire safety defects so that tenants are safe – and feel safe – in their homes. We will continue to closely monitor progress, engage through our regulatory work and follow up with any landlord whose plans or pace of remediation raise concerns.”

Relevant buildings

The data referred to in this latest publication were reported in the Q3 2025-2026 survey, which ran from 12 December 2025 to 22 January this year, with data being reported as at 31 December 2025.

Most relevant buildings reported (88.24%) have been assessed to have no outstanding or historic external wall system-related life-critical fire safety defects in any building works assessment since 14 June 2017.

For clarity, life-critical fire safety defects are defined as defects, shrinkages, faults or other failings in a building that give rise to fire safety risks identified by a fire risk appraisal of external wall construction or a fire risk assessment (or equivalent) undertaken to industry standards.

For its part, the Regulator of Social Housing advises caution in interpreting changes in data over time as they may be influenced by a change in the number of reported buildings and their assessment status at each quarter end.

In this latest quarter, one local authority landlord (ie the London Borough of Brent) wasn’t able to provide full information as a review of its data was being undertaken. As a result, only the Borough’s total number of relevant buildings, confirmed as being accurate as at 31 December 2025, was included.