Regulator Should Be Widened ‘To Cover All Landlords Of Social Housing’

In response to the Social Housing Green Paper, the National Federation of ALMOs has issued some strong recommendations on the future for regulation. The trade body, which represents ALMOs around the country, said “regulation needs to have teeth”. It added: “The Social Housing Regulator should be strengthened to be proactive in relation to consumer standards and widened to cover all landlords of social housing, including councils and their managing agents.” The body also called for residents to “be involved” where they want to be in the regulation of their landlord and that there needs to be “stronger representation for tenants at a national level”. It added this could be supported by “strong regional structures underneath” the representation at national level. Read more on 24housing.

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