Recommendations & Conclusions
6 items
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Recommendation
First Report - The Regulation of Social…
Deferred
We call on social housing providers to take stigma and discrimination seriously, not to assume its staff are immune from such prejudices, and to ensure their boards better reflect their communities. We also encourage them to make every effort to encourage diversity among their senior management teams. As part of …
Government response. The government states it is considering how requirements on diversity among boards and senior management will be set in a future suite of consumer standards and how they might proactively regulate them, with a consultation planned for 2023.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
First Report - The Regulation of Social…
Deferred
We recommend that, as part of its review of the consumer standards, the Regulator of Social Housing amend the tenant involvement and empowerment standard to require providers to support the establishment of genuinely independent tenants and residents associations, including by providing the necessary funding.
Government response. The government is considering how requirements will be set in a future suite of consumer standards, and how they might proactively regulate them; a consultation is planned for 2023, subject to enactment of the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion
First Report - The Regulation of Social…
Deferred
We did not find the explanation by the Regulator of why Clarion could be compliant in the case of Eastfields to be convincing, especially given the comparison with Croydon Council and Regina Road. Croydon had been found guilty of systemic The Regulation of Social Housing 75 failure because it “simply …
Government response. The government acknowledges the Committee's views on the Regulator's interpretation of its statutory duties and will raise these points with the Regulator, which is independent of the Government and responsible for interpreting its statutory duties.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
First Report - The Regulation of Social…
Deferred
We recommend that the Government make it clearer to the regulator that its statutory duty to minimise interference does not preclude it from using its enforcement powers. We call on the regulator to make more use of its enforcement powers, especially in the most serious cases.
Government response. The government will consider how and when they might use their powers as part of developing the proactive consumer regulation regime, and are required to issue statutory guidance on the use of their powers, to be updated and subject to …
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion
First Report - The Regulation of Social…
Deferred
We are not convinced that requiring all social housing providers to register with the Regulator of Social Housing would necessarily prompt the Office for National Statistics to reclassify the sector as part of the public sector. It might well be the case, but without a definitive statement from the ONS, …
Government response. The government is engaging with the Office for National Statistics on the classification implications of the Bill's measures, and will keep the Committee updated on progress.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
First Report - The Regulation of Social…
Deferred
We recommend that the Government invite the Office for National Statistics to make a public announcement on whether requiring all social housing providers to register with the Regulator of Social Housing would prompt a reclassification. If the conclusion is that it would not, we recommend that the Government amend the …
Government response. The government is engaging with the Office for National Statistics on the classification implications of the Bill's measures, and will keep the Committee updated on progress.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government