Arun District Council has received a C4 grading, meaning there are very serious failings and fundamental changes are needed.

During an inspection of the council, RSH found:

Around 2,500 open and overdue repairs cases

Nearly 1,000 overdue fire risk assessment remedial actions

Over half of its homes do not have smoke detectors and it does not expect to reach compliance in this area until May 2027

A lack of meaningful opportunities for tenants to scrutinise performance and influence services

A lack of evidence that it is taking prompt and appropriate action in response to anti-social behaviour cases and hate incidents

Arun DC understands the issues it needs to address and is taking action to rectify the very serious failures. Arun DC has been engaging constructively with RSH a

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