Thanks Chris, so social housing is exempt from the PRS requirements. But surely social housing must be subject to some electrical safety laws/regs?

I regularly go to do remedial works after an eicr has been done, only to find sometimes many faults & non compliances that weren’t noted on the eicr. Often dangerous ones.

Thanks Chris, so social housing is exempt from the PRS requirements. But surely social housing must be subject to some electrical safety laws/regs?

I regularly go to do remedial works after an eicr has been done, only to find sometimes many faults & non compliances that weren’t noted on the eicr. Often dangerous ones.

Apparently not. There was a consultation earlier this year, but the conclusions appear not to have been published yet. This may, however, be of interest: www.gov.uk/.../consultation-and-call-for-evidence-on-electrical-safety-in-the-social-rented-sector

I have to admit that I was surprised to find that "social housing" has a specific meaning in law because I think that the phrase could include any housing, whether it be publicly or privately owned, which is made available at below the market rate.