All Regulator of Social Housing articles
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NHG found non-compliant after governance failings lead to ‘poor’ health and safety outcomes for tenants
67,000-home landlord also given a low ‘C3’ consumer grade along with three councils
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Housing association development spend 28% below forecast
Cash interest cover forecast to drop to record-low next year due to rising repairs and interest costs
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Nine housing associations re-issued with ‘V2’ financial viability grade following stability checks
All of the housing associations assessed so far kept their existing financial viability grades
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Regulator of Social Housing issues top ‘C1’ grading to a council for the first time
A South Yorkshire council has received a ‘C1’ for how it is meeting the consumer standards outcomes
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Social landlords increase stock at faster rate despite ‘challenging economic environment’, RSH reveals
Providers increase stock by nearly 43,000 homes, compared to around 33,000 homes the previous year due to increase in social rent homes
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Troubled Octavia to join Abri as a subsidiary
Boards of two associations decide to press ahead with merger plan
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Newham Council becomes first social landlord to receive lowest ‘C4’ consumer grade
Regulator calls for “significant change” at London borough after finding missed electrical tests, fire checks and thousands of overdue repairs
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Newcastle City Council expects a low ‘C3’ consumer grade after finding 16 regulatory failings
Local authority puts improvement plan in place after closing ALMO
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Harlow District Council latest to breach consumer standards
Essex local authority becomes 11th council to receive ‘C3’ grading after missed fire-risk assessments
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Non-compliant A2Dominion hires new interim governance and compliance director
Housing association has appointed Hformer RBH director Hilary Milne as new interim director overseeing its governance and compliance
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One in four social housing blocks with fire safety defects lack remediation plans, says regulator
Social landlords have identified 1,932 buildings as having ‘life-critical’ fire safety defects to the EWS
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Three more councils found in breach of regulator’s consumer standards
Castle Point Borough Council, North Yorkshire Council and Warwickshire Council have received ‘C3’ gradings
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Registered providers underspend on development by 17%
Largest housing assocaitions cite delays and contractor failures in latest quarterly survey from Regulator of Social Housing
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RSH issues five more social landlords with their first consumer standards gradings
The Regulator of Social Housing has assigned ‘C2’ ratings to Southern Housing and Bolsover District Council in its initial assessment of how they are meeting the new consumer standards which were introduced on 1 April this year. A ‘C2’ grading means that the housing provider meets the consumer standards, but ...
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Lewisham Council reports one in four homes do not meet Decent Homes Standard
The South London council self-referred to the Regulator of Social Housing late last year, citing concerns about potential breaches of consumer standards, in particular regarding repairs and fire safety.
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Four more local authorities breach new consumer standards
Electrical safety requirements, overdue water safety actions and missed gas safety inspections among failings identified in latest batch of judgements from the Regulator of Social Housing
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Housing Ombudsman launches probe into Lewisham Council over high maladministration rate
London authority self-referred to the Regulator of Social Housing in December last year over concerns about whether it was providing decent homes
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Two housing associations given ‘C1’ gradings for meeting new RSH consumer standards
The regulator has issued two more judgements on consumer standards as part of its first round of inspections since 1 April
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RSH opens investigation into Southwark Council over potential ‘serious failings’
Probe launched after 36,000-home local authority landlord self-referred over missed electrical safety tests
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Ombudsman and Regulator of Social Housing set out how they will work together
Memorandum of Understanding aims to ensure watchdogs with newly increased powers are communicating effectively