Working to keep tenants safe
Published: Wednesday 30 October 2024

The council has a legal duty to ensure its housing stock is maintained to required standards and is safe for tenants to live in.
As part of this, we ensure that the electrical installation in a tenanted council home is inspected and tested by a certified electrician at least every five years.
In addition, all homes in Scotland must have interlinked smoke and heat alarms:
- one smoke alarm in the living room or the room that is used most
- one smoke alarm in every hallway and landing
- one heat alarm in the kitchen
Having alarms interlinked means that if one alarm goes off, they all go off, and will be able to be heard wherever you are in your home.
We are responsible for meeting this standard and since 2019, we have been working to upgrade council homes with interlinked alarm systems, however we still need to gain access to around 500 council homes.
For both essential electrical testing and interlinked alarm systems, we are currently contacting tenants who have not yet provided access, with the aim of identifying a suitable date and time to carry out the work.
If this work has not yet been carried out in your home it is very important that you allow us access for the work to be done.
Where we have made repeated attempts to arrange access to your home to complete an electrical inspection or to fit an interlinked alarm system, we may have to take steps to force entry to your home. For your own safety, as well as that of your family and neighbours, please allow us access to your home.
More information on the law on fire alarms is available from the Scottish Government website.
25 August 2025
Overnight closures for street in Hamilton
25 August 2025
Wide range of community groups to benefit from Local Action Fund
22 August 2025
Local Action Fund split to support wide range of local projects
21 August 2025
Funding boost is widely shared in Hamilton West and Earnock
21 August 2025
South Lanarkshire exam results reveal increases across the board
19 August 2025
Community group to redevelop derelict buildings
19 August 2025
Campaign continues to urge everyone to stop engine idling
18 August 2025
New chief executive for SLLC
18 August 2025
Rural roads clean-up campaign fills 1200 bags of litter
15 August 2025
Major improvements on way for road in East Kilbride