De-registration of National Community Homes CIC (formerly known as Larch Housing Association Ltd): Court of Appeal decision
Our statement on the Court of Appeal's decision to refuse National Community Homes CIC’s application to further appeal against its deregistration.
We welcome the Court of Appeal’s decision on 17 February 2023 to refuse National Community Homes CIC’s application to further appeal against its deregistration.
This followed a decision by the High Court in December 2022 to dismiss National Community Homes CIC’s appeal against deregistration. The provider then applied to the Court of Appeal to challenge the High Court’s decision, but permission to further appeal was refused.
National Community Homes CIC had persistently breached the regulator’s Governance and Financial Viability Standard, and failed to demonstrate its ongoing viability. The provider could not demonstrate that it met the relevant registration criteria and, following the High Court’s judgement in December 2022, RSH removed it from the register of providers of social housing.
Jonathan Walters, Deputy Chief Executive of RSH, said:
We welcome the Court of Appeal’s decision. All social landlords need to comply with our registration requirements and, when they persistently fail to do so, we will take appropriate action – including de-registration when it’s needed.
Notes to editors
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The registration criteria for providers of social housing are set out in section 112(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and ‘Guidance for new entrants on applying for registration as a provider of social housing’.
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RSH published regulatory notices about this de-registration decision on 22 December 2021 and 11 March 2022
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