Link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348273083 The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025, coming into force on 27 October 2025, establish mandatory safety protocols for lessors…
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvmj5g753go Balconies on a new-build housing estate in east London, built by construction giant Bouygues UK, were so poorly designed they “posed a risk…
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/awaabs-law-draft-guidance-for-social-landlords/awaabs-law-draft-guidance-for-social-landlords The UK government has published draft guidance for social landlords on Awaab’s Law, which will come into force on 27 October 2025. This…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6g403j7zgo Oxford City Council was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to properly identify and manage asbestos in the town…
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/23/the-uk-is-getting-drier-could-reusing-greywater-help The UK faces a growing water crisis, with projections indicating a shortfall of 5 billion litres per day by 2055 due to climate…
Link: https://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/06/20/building-firm-fined-after-house-collapse-injures-four/ Aryn Stones Ltd was fined £50,000 after a first-floor collapse at a Hampstead construction site injured four workers, two seriously. The company failed…
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c939y59vn95o The director of a home insulation company who encouraged his sales staff to “systematically” bully and lie to vulnerable customers has been jailed.…
Link: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/06/05/over-1300-finished-flats-lying-empty-in-gateway-3-logjam/ Over 1,300 completed flats across nine high-rise projects remain unoccupied due to delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety…
Link: https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/merseyside-residents-told-to-leave-high-rise-flats-due-to-fire-safety-concerns-92088 Residents of Beech Rise and Willow Rise in Kirkby, Merseyside, have been ordered to vacate their homes due to severe fire safety hazards.…
Link: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25203690.inspections-7-glasgow-homeless-hotels-find-defects/ A recent inspection of seven homeless hotels in Glasgow revealed significant safety and living condition issues. Among the findings were inadequate fire safety…
