The government should consider charging social landlords for any new regulatory regime, the National Housing Federation has suggested. In its response to the Treasury’s review on the future of social housing regulation, the NHF said any fees charged by a slimmed-down regulator would be so low they would not have a significant impact on the ability of landlords to meet housing need. The TSA had planned to charge landlords for its regulatory work when it opened in April this year, but delayed the scheme because of controversy over how much it would charge. Housing associations had warned that good landlords could end up paying for the regulator’s work with bad ones. In effect, the NHF has now dropped those objections. Read more on Inside Housing.
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