September 2025 update
Independent health and safety experts, together with the council, are currently reviewing all building safety actions that have been marked as complete, to ensure they have been properly carried out.
Significant progress has been made throughout the summer, and all the highest priority safety actions have been checked. Some required no further action, while others have been completed or scheduled for follow-up work.
This includes important repairs such as fixing damaged doors and replacing fire exit signs. All repairs that could be carried out immediately have been completed. For any outstanding work, the necessary parts have been ordered and specialists booked to return and finish the job as soon as possible.
A risk-based approach is now being applied to all remaining actions, which may include small repairs, routine fire door checks, or other non-urgent work that does not pose an immediate safety risk.
During this period, fire risk assessments will continue to be carried out on all properties that require them to ensure ongoing safety and compliance.
For more details and answers to frequently asked questions, please see the FAQs below.
May 2025 update
Rapid and sustained improvements in the way Brent manages housing services have been promised by the council, following a judgement published by the Regulator of Social Housing.
The judgement, published today (28 May 2025), found that the council has not met all of its responsibilities as a landlord in delivering against the outcomes of the Safety and Quality Standard, saying ‘significant improvement is needed’.
The council voluntarily referred itself to the Regulator last month, after its Housing Improvement Plan highlighted concerns with how building safety risk assessment actions had previously been managed. The regulator has said the council has ‘engaged positively with us since making its self-referral and has plans in place to understand the wider impact of its current position.’
While all required safety checks had been completed across its housing estates, the council identified weaknesses in how follow-up actions were managed and recorded.
As soon as concerns were identified, the council notified tenants to explain what is being done and the council has committed to working closely with the Regulator to ensure rapid and lasting improvements for tenants. It has appointed and is working closely with health and safety specialists and is developing a robust recovery plan which will see internal processes and accountability strengthened in order to improve safety compliance. In addition, the council is appointing more contractors to address overdue actions and is committing to keeping tenants informed throughout the process.
