{"id":282676,"date":"2025-07-22T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282676\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:10:15","slug":"inside-housing-home-remediation-work-yet-to-be-completed-on-more-than-half-of-affected-social-housing-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282676\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Housing – Home – Remediation work yet to be completed on more than half of affected social housing in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

News<\/a>22.07.25by\u00a0Jenny Messenger<\/p>\n

Remediation work has been completed on 41.4% of social buildings in the Welsh government\u2019s building safety programme, while 12.9% still have no plans in place, according to new data.<\/p>\n

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Cladding being removed from a building in Cardiff (picture: Alamy)<\/p>\n

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\"Twitter\/XRemediation work yet to be completed on more than half of affected social housing in Wales #UKhousing <\/p>\n

In an update, the Welsh government said that there are currently 186 social buildings and 275 private tenure buildings in the programme.<\/p>\n

Just under a third of social buildings \u2013 30.7% \u2013 have had works started, while 9.7% are awaiting surveys and 5.4% have plans in place but work has not started.<\/p>\n

For the 161 buildings where developers are leading on remediation, 39.1% have plans in place but works have not been started, while 27.3% have seen works started.<\/p>\n

According to analysis from Senedd Research, the Welsh parliament\u2019s information service, just four out of the 161 buildings have had works completed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This means no progress has been made on developers completing works since the pace of remediation work was criticised back in March<\/a>, with the chair of the Senedd\u2019s Local Government and Housing Committee raising concerns after meeting a group of affected residents.<\/p>\n

Overall, for 43% of the 461 buildings, works are either complete or underway, 47% of buildings are in the planning stages, and 10% either do not require works or remediation needs are yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

Jayne Bryant, cabinet secretary for housing and local government, said: \u201cIt is essential that the lessons learned from the Grenfell disaster continue to shape our approach to building safety in Wales and I am fully committed to ensuring they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Bryant said she had met with developers to discuss a future target for having works started on all developments in Wales and that conversations were \u201congoing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Ms Bryant introduced the Building\u00a0Safety\u00a0(Wales) Bill<\/a> to the Senedd, which will bring in a new regime focusing on the occupation and ongoing management of multi-occupied residential buildings.<\/p>\n

It is expected to come into force in April 2027.<\/p>\n

An impact assessment estimated the bill will cost the sector \u00a3132m over 10 years for requirements such as reviewing fire risk assessments, managing information and giving residents safety information.<\/p>\n

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