Social Landlords Urged To Sign Up To Code of Practice

Senior housing figures are questioning how targets to safeguard and improve services delivered to vulnerable people can be adequately met, following decisions to cut public spending and axe regulators. The announcement following the Comprehensive Spending Review that Supporting People budgets are to be cut by 11% coupled with the confirmation that the TSA and Audit Commission will be abolished has left the housing sector in somewhat of a black hole, according to the Centre for Housing and Support (CHS) and ERoSH. Peter Marsh, outgoing Chief Executive of the TSA, has written to key senior officials within the CIH, NHF, TPAS and the Local Government Association to urge them to act to fill the gap that a reactive form of regulation, as proposed by Government will leave, saying that “a rump of so-so landlords will just drift along doing the bare minimum.” Mr Marsh joins Sarah Webb, Chief Executive of the CIH, in calling on the sector to take responsibility for its own regulation and “to shine a light when required”. Read more on 24dash.