ITV Exposes Weaknesses Of Housing Regulation – Again

This excellent HQN opinion piece by Roger Jarman, former Head of Housing, Audit Commission, neatly summarises the events of the last 13 or 14 years which has brought us to the point where the Regulator of Social Housing isn’t allowed to even speak to service users (or tenants as we know them). Roger relates how the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) came into being following the Cave Review in 2007, how it was scrapped by a Coalition Government which wanted little or no regulation, how – at the assistance of housing associations’ money lenders - this lead to a regulator more concerned with governance and financial viability than consumer standards. Then came the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the failure of this regulatory system was clear for all to see.

https://hqnetwork.co.uk/news/opinion-itv-exposes-weaknesses-of-housing-regulation-again-5553