Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Paragraph: 36
The social housing sector is under serious financial pressure, and the Government is asking it...
Conclusion
The social housing sector is under serious financial pressure, and the Government is asking it to do far too much without sufficient resources. We therefore welcome the progress made towards finding a financial solution to the building safety crisis and the Government’s commitment to exploring ways of exempting social housing providers from the building safety levy. The Government says the Building Safety Fund is available to social housing providers if they can demonstrate that the costs of remediation are unaffordable or present a threat to financial stability, but it is not clear how easily a provider could demonstrate this. Social housing providers must have exactly the same access to funds for building safety remediation as private sector landlords. There must be no discrimination against social housing.
Paragraph Reference:
36
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
7. Our overall intention for the new standards will remain to set clear outcome-based expectations that all registered providers must meet, including in relation to how they deliver their services to achieve the right outcomes for tenants. The sector is hugely diverse. By setting outcomes that registered providers must achieve, and seeking assurance that they are achieving them, registered providers and their tenants are enabled to design the most appropriate way to meet their outcomes according to the needs of their tenant base. An important part of the assurance we will be seeking will be how providers take into account the views of tenants in the management of their homes and that tenants are given opportunities to influence providers’ policies and decision making with respect to housing. (Paragraphs 68 and 97) The Regulation of Social Housing: Regulators’ responses to the Committee’s First Report 3