Regulator of Social Housing issues latest fire remediation survey

It emerges that 1,338 relevant buildings (ie 71.7%) are expected to be remediated within the next five years. Of the 2,641 buildings identified as having life-critical fire safety defects since June 2017, 932 have been remediated (or are completed 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: “Ensuring tenants are safe in their homes must be the first priority for all landlords. We will continue to scrutinise the sector through inspection, engagement and monitoring to make sure it identifies risks and carries out any necessary remediation work promptly.”

The data referred to in this latest publication were reported in the Q2 2025-2026 survey, which ran from 23 September to 21 October, with data being reported as at 30 September this year.

Most relevant buildings reported (84.4% of them, in fact) 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.

Landlords reported that work had already started (or is otherwise now complete) on 21.3% (ie 397) of all affected buildings.

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.