Calls for social landlords to start ‘urgent’ RAAC inspection programme

By Joey Gardiner2023-09-04T15:30:00

Consultants say use of dangerous lightweight concrete panels was widespread in social housing in the ‘50s-’70s

Calls are growing for social housing landlords to embark on urgent programme of inspections in order to establish the prevalence of a potentially dangerous form of lightweight concrete that has already forced the closure of 156 schools.

Consultants have told Housing Today that the use of panels made from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, better known as RAAC, was widespread across public sector building from the 1950s to the 1970s, affecting social housing as well as school construction.

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