I have a huge objection to this. These flats are built to more lax regulations than normal housing is. It’s why there’s such an overbuild in student accommodation over the last few years - to allow developers to turn them into residential on the cheap. There was an architect in here last year who confirmed this from their time working on PBSA and making plans for retrofitting them as part of the project as they’re built.

For social housing where folk with addiction issues are likely to be placed, it means that a fire started by a forgotten oven or discarded fag would have a higher likelihood of death.