Large social landlords must publish electrical safety checks data

Social landlords will have to publish new electrical safety checks data as part of the regulator’s tenant satisfaction regime.

The Regulator of Social Housing has confirmed that its new Tenant Satisfaction Measure (TSM) for electrical safety checks is now in force.

Large social housing landlords in England, that’s those with more than 1,000 homes, will be required to publish the electrical safety checks TSM for the first time for the 2026/27 reporting year.

Smaller landlords must publish the measure for reporting years ending on or after 31 March 2027.

Electrical safety duties

Will Perry, the regulator’s director of strategy, said: “The new TSM does not change landlords’ duties in meeting legal requirements relating to electrical safety – they should have been doing this anyway and it has always been an important and integral part of our regulation.”

He added: “The building safety TSMs aim to provide a baseline level of assurance – a necessary foundation to ensuring a robust approach to building safety compliance and keeping tenants safe.”

The move follows consultation with social housing tenants, landlords, service providers and other interested organisations.

That consultation ran alongside one for the Transparency, Influence & Accountability Standard.

Tenant Satisfaction Measure

The regulator introduced TSMs in 2022, including management information measures covering fire safety, gas safety, asbestos safety, water safety and lift safety.

Electrical safety checks were left out at that stage because the government was planning to consult on the issue.

Social landlords, however, were still expected to meet all legal requirements on electrical safety.

New government requirements have now allowed the regulator to add the electrical safety checks measure to the wider building safety TSMs.