Have you seen this article that I contributed to in Social Housing yesterday? It is a good round-up of news and views from many key stakeholders in relation to addressing RAAC issues in the social housing sector. The current view is that it is nowhere near a problem on the scale of cladding and fire safety. Nevertheless, the message is a simple but important one:

There is a whole raft of statutory and regulatory obligations on social housing providers to keep their properties safe, so they must have a plan to satisfy themselves as to whether they have any RAAC in any of the properties they are responsible for and a means of assessing and managing any risks that become apparent. Getting that plan in place and acting on it with haste, is important for all organisations that have responsibility for properties that could possibly have RAAC installed.

Although the issues currently appear to be quite limited for the sector, organisations need to take the experience that they have gained over the years in addressing fire safety issues and use this experience to identify and manage RAAC in their housing stock and more widely.

My recent blog details what we know so far about the social housing sector and RAAC, do have a read.

It is early days as the sector works through this issue. Please contact me if you would like to discuss your own situation or if AC can assist you in any way.