1st Special Report - The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector: Regulator of Social Housing response

This is the government's response, published 28 November 2024.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Regulator of Social Housing agrees with the Committee on several points, including the importance of providers' use of resources and tenant engagement, but declines to set out specific early measures and says it would not want to "fetter our discretion".

• On providers' use of resources, it "agree[s]" that providers need to manage difficult trade-offs, and agrees the effective use of resources is an element of governance, value for money and responsiveness to tenants.
• On regeneration, it says its standards do not identify "specific expectations of providers around their engagement in regeneration projects", but believes its consumer standards set out general expectations that align with the Committee's aspiration.
• On for-profit providers, it agrees it is important to understand and scrutinise that part of the sector, and says it has a review of its current knowledge and future development of for-profit providers in its 2024-25 priorities.
• On provider default, it does not set out specific early measures or timings, saying it is "confident" it has the approaches and powers to engage landlords early and resolve issues.

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