What the Property Safety Strategy is, what it will include and how you can have your say

We're developing a new Property Safety Strategy that will explain how we'll keep council homes safe. It will also cover how we ensure a well-maintained living environment for our residents. 

As a landlord, we have legal responsibilities to make sure our homes are safe. This new strategy will bring all those rules together in one place, so you can easily tell how we're meeting them.

The strategy will cover areas including:

  • fire safety
  • how we ensure building structures and sound and secure
  • how we address issues and hazards in homes
  • how we ensure that buildings comply with all relevant safety regulations

What the strategy will include 

We're discussing the proposed goals and key actions from April 2025 to March 2030. This includes outcomes, goals, and actions for how we'll:

  • manage our properties and services, so they are safe homes for all our tenants and leasholders 
  • make sure buildings are safe, reduce fire risk, and that residents can escape safetly in event of a fire
  • manage information to make sure that our tenants' and leaseholders' homes are safe
  • focus on assuring that our tenants' and leaseholders' homes are safe

Have your say 

We're holding drop-in sessions for council tenants and leaseholders to find out more about the new strategy, ask questions and share their views.

You do not need to book to attend these events. 

Southmead/ Henbury and Brentry 

Where: Brookridge House, Standfast Road BS10 7HL

When: 10am to midday on Monday 24 March 

Lawrence Hill

Where: Highett Drive Community Room, Highett Drive, Easton, Bristol BS5 0UP

When: 2pm to 4pm on Tuesday 25 March 

Lockleaze 

Where: Old St James Church on Romney Avenue, BS7 9TD

When: 11am to 1pm on Monday 31 March 

Central 

Where: Waring House Community Room, Waring House, Commercial Road, Bristol, BS1 6TA

When: 5.30pm to 7.30pm on Monday 31 March 

Hartcliffe and Withywood 

Where: Cutler Road Community Room, 106 Cutler Road, BS13 8DY

When: 10am to midday on Tuesday 1 April 

Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston 

Where: Westcott community room, 1-9 Wescott Grove De Clifford Road, BS11 0WG

When: 11am to 1pm on Wednesday 2 April