Falkirk Council had to use forced entry for 1300 homes to fit interlinked smoke alarms in all of the district's council houses, causing it to breach quality standards.
A report to Falkirk Council's executive on Tuesday stated: "Despite repeated attempts to engage with households, access to properties remained the biggest issue. Forced entries, to fit the interlinked smoke alarms, started in June 2023. This led to significant reductions in the number of properties still requiring interlink smoke alarms."
The other major issue facing the council in terms of the regulator is the rising numbers of homeless applications and limited temporary accommodation to offer people in that situation. This led to 32 breaches of the Unsuitable Accommodation Order in 2022/23, with 28 further breaches for the first quarter of this year.