Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving the regulations on registering as a provider of social housing.

The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 sets out who is eligible for registration and gives the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) the power to set criteria on certain matters that landlords must meet to register with them.

RSH’s registration criteria is designed so that once registered, social housing landlords can meet ongoing regulatory requirements: to provide safe, well-maintained homes through organisation that are well governed and financially viable.

Both the Department and the Regulator engage regularly with stakeholders and remain open to receiving feedback on engaging with the registration process.