Consultation outcome

Consultation on a new Rent Standard from 2020

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Published: 7 May 2019
• Last updated: 31 October 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Decision Statement: Rent Standard 2020

PDF, 355 KB, 27 pages

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Decision Instrument RSH2: Rent Standard 2020

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Detail of outcome

We will replace the existing 2015 Rent Standard with a new Rent Standard for registered providers of social housing from 1 April 2020.

The Decision Statement contains the final outcome of the consultation.

The Decision Instrument records the regulator’s decision about the Rent Standard.

We have issued a press release.

Please note: HMTL versions of these documents can be found on our Decision Statement and Decision Instrument pages.

Feedback received

Consultation responses via SurveyMonkey

CSV, 133 KB

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Consultation responses via SurveyMonkey

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Written responses

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Written responses

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Detail of feedback received

Responses to the consultation (with details redacted) are published above.

An analysis of the responses is outlined in the Decision Statement.

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Original consultation

Summary

The Regulator is proposing to replace the existing 2015 Rent Standard with a new Rent Standard for registered providers of social housing from 1 April 2020.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 7 May 2019 to 6pm on 30 July 2019

Consultation description

The proposed changes have come about as a result of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government issuing a Direction in February 2019 to the Regulator of the Social Housing to set a new Rent Standard.

The new Standard will also have regard to the Rent Policy Statement published alongside the Direction.

Documents

Consultation on a new rent standard from 2020

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Consultation on a new Rent Standard from 2020

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Published 7 May 2019
Last updated 31 October 2019 + show all updates

1. 31 October 2019

   Outcome published of our consultation for a new Rent Standard from 1 April 2020.

2. 7 May 2019

   First published.