Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Accepted
Paragraph: 46
Provide social housing providers with equal access to building safety remediation funds.
Conclusion
The Government’s focus on holding social housing providers responsible for remediating building safety work is producing an unhelpful disparity between the private and social housing sectors. There is no justification for private sector landlords to be treated more favourably. We once again reiterate the recommendation from our 2020 Report, The Regulation of Social Housing, that “Social housing providers must have exactly the same access to funds for building safety remediation as private sector landlords.”
Government response summary AI-generated
The government details how the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) already monitors the financial health of providers and intervenes in cases of financial difficulty, stating it has sufficient powers. It does not commit to providing social housing providers with equal access to building safety remediation funds as private sector landlords.
Paragraph Reference:
46
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 28 November 2024. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗