The Regulator of Social Housing chief executive was due to leave her role in the new year
Fiona MacGregor will remain as the chief executive of the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), reversing a decision to leave her post in the new year.
MacGregor had announced in June she was leaving the watchdog “due to family circumstances”. Deputy chief executive Jonathan Walters had assumed some additional responsibilities to support his boss, and this will continue into the new year.
However, MacGregor who has headed up the regulator since July 2015, will now stay.
Her u-turn comes as RSH looks set to receive new powers under the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill.
The legislation, currently going through parliament, will give RSH stronger powers to issue unlimited fines, enter properites with only 48 hours notice and to make emergency repairs where there is a serious risk to tenants. The largest housing associations would also face “Ofsted-style” inspecitons under the bill.
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Bernadette Conroy, chair of RSH, said: “I am delighted that Fiona is able to continue leading the RSH at this important time for the social housing sector.”
MacGregor first headed up the regulator on an interim basis in July 2015 when it was a branch of the Homes and Communities Agency, before taking on the role permanently in November 2015. She then became chief executive of the RSH when it was launched as a standalone regualtory body on 1 October 2018.
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