Following an investigation into a breach of its standards, The Social Housing Regulator recently found Camden Council to have caused “actual and potential serious detriment to Camden’s tenants” due to fire safety failings.
The failings are related to the legal proceedings brought by the London Fire Service against London Borough (LB) of Camden Council regarding the death of a tenant in a fire in 2017.
In May, the Council pleaded guilty for failing to address fire defects which were found in risk assessments that took place in 2013 and 2017. It was fined £500,000 as a result of these failings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Since then, the Social Housing Regulator has also carried out an investigation into Camden Council’s approach to fire safety.
In its report, published in July, it found serious failings and concluded that LB Camden “does not have an effective system in place to allow it to meet its responsibilities in relation to statutory fire safety responsibilities”.
Key findings included:
Since the Regulator’s investigation, LB Camden is said to have put a plan in place. This includes completing overdue remedial actions and monitoring and reporting on the progress. It has also set out a programme to install smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in all of the properties currently without them.
The Regulator says it will continue to work with LB Camden and monitor its progress as it addresses the issues.
The full review by the Regulator is available here.
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