RSH publishes fire safety remediation report for Q1 2025/2026
The latest fire safety remediation report is available to read now.
Today (25 September 2025) the Regulator of Social Housing published the findings of its latest survey of the fire safety of 11 metre plus buildings in the social housing sector.
Of the 17,146 relevant buildings reported, 1,926 were identified as having a life-critical fire safety (LCFS) defect relating to the external wall system (EWS). Over 99.9% of all relevant reported buildings have had a fire risk assessment carried out.
1,365 relevant buildings (70.9%) are expected to be remediated within the next five years.
Of the 2,672 buildings identified as having LCFS defects since June 2017, 906 have been remediated (or are completed awaiting a new building safety works assessment).
RSH 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 RSH, said:
All social landlords must ensure that tenants are safe in their homes. They need to identify risks, remediate relevant buildings at pace, and protect tenants while the work is carried out. To do this, landlords need to have robust, up-to-date information about fire safety.
We continue to use a range of regulatory tools to drive landlords to address fire safety issues and protect tenants.
Notes to editors
- The data referred to in this publication were reported in the Q1 2025/2026 survey, which ran from 23 June 2025 to 21 July 2025, with data being reported as of 30 June 2025.
- Most relevant buildings reported (84.3%) have been assessed to have no outstanding or historic EWS related LCFS defects in any building works assessment since 14 Jun 2017.
- Landlords reported that work had already started or is complete on 22.2% (428) of affected buildings.
- LCFS 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.
- RSH 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.
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