The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published the findings from its latest quarterly survey on the fire safety of 11 metre plus buildings in the social housing sector.

Of the 17,391 relevant buildings reported, 99.9% had fire risk assessments undertaken and 1,897 (10.9%) were reported as currently having a life critical fire safety defect relating to the external wall system.

79.4% of relevant buildings with a LCFS EWS defect are expected to be remediated within five years.

The regulator says landlords must ensure that tenants are safe in their homes –a key aspect of this is delivering remediation programmes underpinned by robust and accurate systems, processes and data.

Since 14 June 2017 a total of 2,578 buildings have been identified as having an EWS-related LCFS defect, with 818 (31.7%) of having been remediated historically and 137 having work completed but awaiting a new building works assessment.

The RSH says it will continue to monitor the performance of landlords in remediating 11 metre plus buildings and the progress they are making against their plans.

Will Perry, Director of Strategy at the RSH, said: “Boards and councillors have a responsibility to keep their tenants safe and remediate their buildings.

“We expect all landlords to take this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. They must continue to work at pace to address any fire safety risks in buildings, progressing permanent solutions and putting in place any necessary interim measures.

“This quarterly survey is just one of the ways we monitor fire safety. We also look at how landlords ensure health and safety through our proactive inspections and other regulatory engagement, and we take action if there is an unacceptable risk to tenants.”