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done, what work hasn’t been done and what work is upcoming in a live and digestible way. The current compliance processes are not fit for purpose. Many authorities and landlords have little oversight of the safety equipment in their properties or how effectively they are being maintained, compounding the situation. There are no requirements for landlords to meet or guidance on the information that needs to be communicated to open the conversation between a landlord and residents. Landlords are also completely beholden to
the contractors who control their records (of which many vary in quality). Some contractors are still using paper based systems, whilst others have digitised their records but they offer no insight into the bigger picture. A procedure needs to be put in place to ensure that all records are documented efficiently and thoroughly. Residents will only begin to feel safe once
they have better access to fire safety information, and landlords will only manage to get a grip on fire safety when contractors are held fully accountable through a stricter compliance performance monitoring dashboard. We cannot allow this tangled mess of injustice to continue any longer. Now is the time for transparency, before any more lives are lost
Tracie Williams is managing director of Evident Software. For more information, view page 3
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