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Limit on annual rent increases for 2022/23
25/11/2021
On 15 November, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) updated the Rent Standard guidance that registered providers of social housing must comply with, to update the limit on annual rent increases for 2022 to 2023.
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RSH sets out approach to consumer regulation
25/11/2021
A year after publication of the Social Housing White Paper the Regulator of Social Housing has set out their initial thinking on reshaping consumer regulation as proposed in the White Paper.
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Social housing to be required to have smoke alarms fitted
25/11/2021
In 2020 the Government launched a consultation paper seeking views on proposals to require the mandatory installation of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in social housing. On 23 November 2021 the Government published its response to the earlier consultation paper confirming that social housing will be required to have smoke alarms fitted.
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Affordable housing starts down 16% in 2020/21
25/11/2021
Latest statistics from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) on affordable housing supply show that there were 52,100 affordable homes delivered (completions) and 57,417 starts on site in England in the year April 2020 to March 2021 - decreases of 12% and 16% respectively when compared to the previous year.
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Representatives of new Building Safety Regulator to meet ARCH Executive Board
25/11/2021
The recommendations of the Hackitt Review following the Grenfell fire and the resulting Building Safety Bill propose new legal duties and responsibilities for owners and managers of higher risk residential buildings including the appointment of named "Accountable Person" duty holders and Building Safety Managers.
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Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury report and recommendations
11/11/2021
Earlier this year we reported that our colleagues at the Northern Housing Consortium had commissioned a first of its kind “Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury”
The Jury’s final report is now available and underlines the urgency of action required to tackle climate change in our homes and neighbourhoods.
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