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Nine years ago, 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. For their families, the survivors, and the wider community, no anniversary brings relief; only the renewed weight of grief and the continuing struggle for justice. We remember them today, as we do every year.
This year, for the first time, the pursuit of criminal accountability is visibly advancing. The Metropolitan Police are submitting files of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, with decisions on potential charges expected by June 2027. Up to 57 individuals and 20 companies may face prosecution, with trials, if they proceed, expected around 2029. Nine years is already an almost unbearable wait for justice. We hope the process, when it concludes, delivers something meaningful for those who have carried this grief the longest.
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the most comprehensive examination of building safety failure in this country’s history, published its final report in September 2024. Its findings were damning, confirming what many in this sector have long known: the fire was the result of decades of systemic failure across manufacturers, contractors, developers, building control, and regulation. Those findings and recommendations made by the Inquiry now sit with government and TPI will continue to engage with policymakers to ensure that recommendations affecting the property management profession and in-occupation phase are implemented.
For our members, the daily reality has not eased. TPI’s own data tells a stark story: of 511 remediation projects tracked by members in May 2026, only 13.5% had completed cladding remediation. In developer-led projects (where companies pledged to fix the buildings they built) that figure falls to just 10%. Nine years on, thousands of residents remain against their wishes in unsafe homes that they can’t sell, and many still live with defects that go beyond cladding. The building safety crisis was never only about what is on the outside of a building.
Andrew Bulmer, Chief Executive of The Property Institute, commented:
“Our data shows that in developer-pledged projects, only one in ten buildings has completed remediation. Behind that number are real people — residents who bought their homes in good faith, who cannot sell, cannot move on, and in too many cases are still living with unresolved safety risks and higher bills as a result. Nine years is too long to ask anyone to wait for a resolution.
“Our members work alongside these residents every day. They see the human cost of slow progress in ways that no statistics can capture. TPI will not stop pressing for the accountability, protection and comprehensive remediation that residents deserve — through the Remediation Bill, through our engagement with government, and through everything we do to support our members in their work to ensure buildings are safe.”
The anticipated Remediation Bill must address this in full. TPI will be pressing for legislation that holds pledged developers genuinely to account and creates a clear route to identify and fix internal fire safety defects, not just external wall systems.
But today is not primarily about legislation. It is about 72 people who lost their lives, and about the thousands still living with the consequences of what happened that night.
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MHCLG is hosting two webinars on the Call for evidence: Strategy for the built environment, professions, trades and occupations (published May 2026).
The call for evidence is designed to gather information about the key factors that influence how people work across all stages of the building lifecycle and covers all building types. Submissions to the call will inform development of a new strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations.
The two webinars are open to the public and will:
- Explain the aims of the government's new long-term strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations.
- Set out the purpose, scope, and structure of the call for evidence.
- Take questions about the call for evidence.
The webinars will take place 18 June, 10:00-11:00 and 22 June, 12:00-13:00 you can use the links provided to register if you would like to attend.
The Call for evidence will close 12 August 2026.
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The Industry Task and Finish Group (ITFG) has today (11th May 2026) published its guidance on Managing Competence in the Built Environment: An industry guide on how to meet the ICC principles, providing practical, proportionate and risk-based support for organisations operating across the built environment.
The ITFG is an industry led, time limited group formed in June 2025 in response to the new Building Safety Regime’s requirement to manage competence in organisations. It brings together more than 50 professional bodies, industry organisations, regulators and assurance bodies, with the shared aim of translating high level principles for managing competence in the built environment into a practical day to day application that is recognised across the sector and helps drive up competence and building safety outcomes.
The guidance sets out what effective organisational competence management looks like in practice for organisations of all sizes and risk profiles, SMEs, micro-businesses and large organisations alike, enabling them to demonstrate that people working for them, or on their behalf, are competent for the work they undertake.
Its flexible and proportionate approach means that the guidance can be used alongside existing management systems, or as a foundation where no formal approach is yet in place. Although prompted to meet competence management requirements set by building safety reforms in England and soon Wales, it can be used more widely as best practice guidance across the built environment all over the United Kingdom.
The guidance looks at the role of organisational leadership and governance, while emphasising that actively managing competence is not simply about qualifications or training records; it is about ensuring that organisations have enough people with the right skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours for their role.
Download the full Guidance document here
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The BSR has introduced a comprehensive external remediation improvement plan aimed at increasing the speed of essential high-rise building safety works across England.
The improvement plan introduces key measures including:
- a remediation multi-disciplinary team with dedicated account managers to streamline communication
- increasing regulatory lead capacity through a recruitment drive to accelerate application processing
- implementing "approval with requirements" to enable site mobilisation while technical issues are resolved
- publishing remediation-specific guidance and resources to help industry navigate the building control process
Find out more about the plan to tackle external remediation decisions HERE
Read guidance on before applying: existing higher-risk buildings.
View updated guidance on categories of building work: existing higher-risk buildings.
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The Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF), managed and delivered by Homes England, provides government funding to install interim fire alarm systems in residential buildings.
The Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF) is designed to reduce the prolonged use of interim fire safety measures and encourage progress towards more permanent fire safety remediation. Read more and aply here.The fund aims to:
- improve resident safety while remediation or long‑term mitigation work is undertaken, enabling residents to remain safely in their homes
- reduce the risk of unnecessary decants, ensuring buildings remain occupied where safe and appropriate to do so
- promote compliance with National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) guidance on simultaneous evacuation by supporting the replacement of waking watch with common fire alarm systems where feasible
- protect leaseholders not covered by statutory protections from the cost of interim measures by funding the installation of common fire alarms
The fund helps:
- support leaseholders, by removing potential exposure to the high ongoing costs of waking watch arrangements, which previously required residents to cover substantial monthly charges
- implement the installation of common fire alarm systems that meet BS 58391 Category L5 standards, providing a more effective and sustainable fire safety system than human fire wardens
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UPDATED: Residential PEEPs: Guidance for Responsible Persons
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Residential PEEPS - Regulations Guidance
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Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025
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Guidance About The Criteria For Being a Higher-Risk Building
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UK Finance Updates Lender Statement on EWS1