Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Social Housing Regulator has taken to protect tenants of Old Ford Housing Association in Tower Hamlets as a result of its downgrading of Circle, now Clarion Housing in December 2016.

In December 2016 the Regulator issued a regulatory notice setting out its finding that Circle had failed to provide a cost effective repairs service. Since Circle merged with Affinity Sutton on 29 November 2016 to become Clarion Housing Group, Clarion is responsible for addressing the issues set out in the regulatory notice.

The Regulator has engaged with Clarion to monitor delivery of their action plan which sets out how they will address the issues identified in the Notice. Details of the notice may be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579597/20161220_Regulatory_Notice_-__Clarion_HG.pdf