Councils could be handed extra responsibilities for monitoring the safety of higher-risk residential buildings (HRRBs) under reforms proposed by an independent report published today.
Dame Judith Hackitt’s report proposes the creation of a joint competent authority (JCA) as a single regulatory body to ‘maximise the focus on building safety within HRRBs across their entire life cycle’.
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