News from 15 June 2026
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The Regulator of Social Housing has added an electrical-safety measure to the information registered social housing providers in England must report. The announcement does not create a reporting duty for ordinary private landlords.
What has changed?
The new measure is called BS06 Electrical safety checks. According to the regulator, it comes into effect from 11 June 2026. Large social housing landlords in England, meaning those with more than 1,000 homes, will need to publish the measure for the first time for the 2026/27 reporting year.
Small registered providers must publish it for reporting years ending 31 March 2027 onwards. The regulator says the first large-landlord results will therefore be based on the position at 31 March 2027.
The existing Tenant Satisfaction Measures already cover areas such as gas safety checks, fire safety checks, asbestos safety checks, water safety checks and lift safety checks. Electrical safety had been left out when the TSM framework was first introduced because separate government work was still under way. The regulator has now updated the technical requirements to include the electrical safety measure.
The regulator is also clear that the new measure does not change landlords’ underlying legal duties. Its purpose is to make performance more consistent and transparent for tenants and for the regulator.
