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A guide to the new consumer standards regulations for housing providers – introduction
Posted: 11/03/2024
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 has put consumer standards on the same footing as economic standards, and has given the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) new powers to regulate and enforce them. The new consumer standards will come into force on 1 April 2024, and from this date the RSH will be looking at compliance with the......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: consumer standards
Posted: 14/02/2024
This series of ‘back to the future’ articles looks at the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, the changes made, and what social housing providers should be aware of, as well as examining whether it is entirely new law, or a re-invention of something previously seen within the social housing sector. This is the sixth article in the series......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: The Regulator of Social Housing’s new powers
Posted: 08/02/2024
This series of ‘back to the future’ articles looks at the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, the changes made, and what social housing providers should be aware of, as well as examining whether it is entirely new law, or a re-invention of something previously seen within the social housing sector. This is the fifth article in the series, which looks......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: Awaab’s Law
Posted: 11/01/2024
This series of ‘back to the future’ articles looks at the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, the changes made, and what social housing providers should be aware of, as well as examining whether it is entirely new law, or a re-invention of something previously seen within the social housing sector. This is the fourth article in the series......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: tenant satisfaction measures
Posted: 04/12/2023
This series of ‘back to the future’ articles looks at the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, the changes made, and what social housing providers should be aware of, as well as examining whether it is entirely new law, or a re-invention of something previously seen within the social housing sector. This is the third article in the series......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: health and safety
Posted: 16/11/2023
This series of ‘back to the future’ articles looks at the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, the changes made, and what social housing providers should be aware of, as well as examining whether it is entirely new law, or a re-invention of something previously seen within the social housing sector. This is the second article in the series......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: are we going back to the future?
Posted: 01/11/2023
There has been much coverage of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, which gained royal assent on 20 July 2023. Much of this is focused on how the act shakes up social housing and introduces a number of new powers and obligations. This series of ‘back to the future’ articles will look at the act from a slightly different angle......>>
Consent now required to transfer grant liabilities
Posted: 17/07/2023
Recent changes to the Capital Funding Guide will impact all registered providers disposing of, or considering a disposal of, grant funded property. Homes England updated chapter 7 of its Capital Funding Guide on 30 June 2023 which sets out the rules and requirements for grant funded schemes that grant recipients must follow......>>
Can your charity hold meetings electronically?
Posted: 06/06/2023
Many charities took advantage of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. This enabled certain corporate bodies such as charitable companies, CIOs (charitable incorporated organisations) and registered societies to hold their meetings by electronic means, irrespective of whether their governing......>>
Injunctions – a useful tool for registered providers
Posted: 03/05/2023
Registered providers (RPs) of social housing should not let the threat of legal proceedings stop them from dealing with complaints, and from maintaining and repairing homes; and neither should they have policies in place which prevent them from doing so. Quite often when legal proceedings are instigated by a tenant......>>

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