Decision

Withdrawn Regulatory Notice: St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd (16 August 2023)

Updated 8 September 2023

This decision was withdrawn on 12 September 2023

St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd was de-registered on 7 September 2023.

Applies to England

Withdrawn on 8 September 2023: St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd was de-registered on 7 September 2023

RSH Regulatory Notice

• Provider: St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd

• Regulatory code: L4546

• Publication date: 16 August 2023

• Reason for publication: Economic Standards

• Regulatory route: Reactive Engagement

Other providers included in the judgement

None

Regulatory Finding

This regulatory notice updates, and is intended to be read in conjunction with, the previously published regulatory notices and enforcement notice^{[footnote 1]} and is a result of ongoing regulatory engagement with St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd (St Andrews).

The regulator has made the decision to de-register St Andrews from the register of social housing providers under section 118 of the Housing and Regeneration Act (HRA) 2008. In accordance with section 118(2) of the HRA 2008, the regulator has provided St Andrews with notice of the proposal and St Andrews has had the opportunity to make representations to the regulator during that notice period.

Under section 121 of the HRA 2008 a body may appeal against a decision of the regulator to de-register it. The regulator shall not de-register a body while an appeal is pending.

The Case

The regulator maintains a register of providers of social housing. To be eligible for registration, an organisation must demonstrate its eligibility as set out in section 112 of the HRA 2008. The relevant criteria set by the regulator referred to in s112(3) are set out in Guidance for new entrants on applying for registration as a provider of social housing^{[footnote 2]} and include that a provider must meet the Governance and Financial Viability Standard at the point of registration and demonstrate it can sustain its financial viability on an ongoing basis. Under section 118 of the HRA 2008, the regulator may remove a private registered provider from the register if the regulator thinks it is no longer eligible for registration. St Andrews remains in breach of the Governance and Financial Viability Standard. The regulator has assessed that St Andrews has failed to demonstrate that it can sustain its viability on an ongoing basis. As a result, St Andrews has failed to demonstrate that it meets the registration eligibility criteria under section 112(3) of the HRA 2008. The regulator has a statutory duty to maintain the register of social housing providers.

About the provider

St Andrews is a not-for-profit provider registered in December 2009. Based on its most recent statistical data return, St Andrews owns and manages 4 units of social housing including one shared ownership property.

About our Regulatory Notices

Regulatory notices are issued in response to an event of regulatory importance (for example, a finding of a breach of the Rent Standard or of a consumer standard that has or may cause serious harm) that, in accordance with its obligation to be transparent, the regulator wishes to make public. More detail about Regulatory notices is set out in Regulating the Standards.

1. Regulatory Notice: St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd (30 June 2023) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), Enforcement Notice: St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd (15 February 2023) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Regulatory Notice: St Andrews Community Housing Association Ltd (19 December 2018) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ↩

2. Guidance for new entrants on applying for registration as a provider of social housing - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ↩