Section: Social Housing

New legislation aims to drive up the standards of social housing accommodation

Posted 12.05.22
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The Queen's Speech introduced a Social Housing Regulation Bill, which proposes legislation that aims to:

Create new, tough regulations for better social housing - helping tenants to hold shoddy landlords to account.
Give the Regulator stronger powers to enforce action where their are failings by social housing landlords.
Place an expectation on social landlords to ensure tenants' concerns are at the heart of all they do, with effective resident engagement in place, so no one has to live in sub-standard social housing.
Provide greater transparency for tenants on how their landlord is performing, how their homes are managed and who is responsible for compliance with health and safety requirements.
Strengthen the economic regulation of the social housing sector, increasing protections for tenants' homes and supporting continued investment in the new supply of social housing.

The Queen's Speech also introduced the Levelling Up and Regeneration bill, which includes a package of measures to revive high streets, regenerate town centres and deliver the high-quality homes that communities need.

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