Page 12 - Pobl Annual Report FY25

10 Annual Report 2025
Safe, high-quality homes
We are committed to ensuring our homes meet all health and safety compliance regulations,
and customers are safe and secure within their homes.
We continued to see changes to the building safety sector throughout the year, with the staged
implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022 (as applied in Wales), which will place new
obligations on the way we manage risks and the steps we take to engage with our customers.
In the year we made steps to meet these new safety legislative obligations by the creation of our
Safer Buildings Strategy and focused on ensuring that safety is considered at every stage of a
building’s design, construction and later use. We brought specific focus to how safety risks are
considered and managed at the earliest stage of the planning process, and that customers are kept
safe within their home.
During the year, we continued the journey to meet obligations within the Fitness for Human
Habitation (FFHH) regulations, namely, to ensure all homes have hard‐wired (not battery operated)
smoke detectors and all homes with fossil fuel burning appliances have a carbon monoxide
detector fitted.
We have continued to perform well across key property compliance areas and have achieved 100%
compliance in four out of the six areas
Electrical
During the year, we have continued to focus on compliance with Renting Homes (Wales) Act
2016, and the mandate to ensure customers receive a copy of a satisfactory electrical inspection
condition report (EICR) in a timely fashion.
We have added the right additional electrical test contractors to improve Group resilience and
capacity in this area. We launched a review of our property access procedure, identifying new ways
to communicate and agree access to our customers' homes in order to complete these important
safety checks. We continue to maintain full compliance for all homes where we are granted access
and have a process in place to address over time those properties with access challenges.
97.5%
Homes have a valid,
in‐date and compliant
electrical condition report
(2024: 95.8%)
99.1%
Homes with a gas appliance
have an in‐date, accredited
gas safety certificate
(2024: 99.7%)
100%
Buildings requiring a
Fire Risk Assessment
have a valid, in‐date
and compliant FRA
(2024: 100%)
100%
Homes requiring an
asbestos assessment have
an in‐date and compliant
report (2024: 100%)
100%
Buildings requiring a
legionella assessment have
an in‐date and compliant
report (2024: 100%)
100%
Buildings requiring lift
safety checks have an
in‐date and compliant
report (2024: 100%)