Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Sixth Report - The Finances and Sustainability of the Social Housing Sector
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
HC 60
Published 8 May 2024
Government response
1st Special Report - The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector: Regulator of Social Housing response · published 28 Nov 2024
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Rejected
Para 61
Insist regeneration projects fully account for and meet existing tenants' needs.
Recommendation
Regeneration should respect the experience of existing tenants, whose lives will be disrupted, as well as those who will benefit from the new or additional homes in the future. An additional challenge is presented when estates contain both social housing …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects setting detailed standards for providers' engagement in regeneration projects, citing the desirability of providers choosing their own service delivery and avoiding increased regulatory burden. However, it states that existing general consumer standards align with the committee's aspirations for tenant experience.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Rejected
Require Regulator to publish early intervention measures for financial problems in large housing associations
Recommendation
We are pleased that the Regulator is already engaging more regularly with larger housing associations. However, the Regulator must specifically set out what early measures it would be able to take and by when in the event that this engagement …
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Government Response Summary
The government describes existing regulatory processes and powers for identifying and addressing financial risks in housing associations, but rejects the call to specifically set out early measures and timelines, stating it would fetter its discretion to react to specific situations.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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