Policy papers and consultations

Government will begin naming and shaming failing social housing landlords on social media.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 2 April 2024

• Naming and shaming failing social housing landlords

  The Department will highlight poor practice by social housing landlords…

Consultation seeking views on a regulatory Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing staff including qualification requirements.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 28 March 2024

• Consultation on a direction to the Regulator of Social Housing to set a Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing

  Scope of the consultation Topic of this consultation: This consultation…

• Annex E: Summary of the Social Housing Professionalisation Review

  In this document, we set out the following: The background to the…

Proposals on standards registered providers must meet so tenants live in safe, quality homes, have choice and protection, and can hold landlords to account.

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 29 February 2024

• Annex 1: Numerical analysis of responses

  Statutory consultation on the consumer standards February 2024 As a result…

• Annex 2: List of respondents

  1. Statutory consultation on the consumer standards February 2024 The…

• Annex 3: Consumer standards 1 April 2024

  Safety and Quality Standard Consumer standards 1 April 2024 1. Required…

• Annex 4: Consumer standards Code of Practice

  Consumer standards Code of Practice The role of the Code of Practice 1 -…

• Annex 5: Regulatory impact assessment

  Regulatory impact assessment Title of proposal Changes to the consumer…

• Annex 6: Consumer standards – Equality impact assessment

  Part 1: Introduction and scoping 1.1 Summary and scope Overview The…

• Consumer standards consultation - Reshaping consumer regulation (accessible version)

  Annexes to the consultation on the proposed consumer standards These…

• Consumer standards consultation - what we are proposing and how to have your say - Summary (accessible version)

  About the consultation The Regulator of Social Housing is creating a set…

• Annex 1 - Proposed consumer standards (accessible version)

  Safety and Quality Standard 1. Required outcomes 1.1 Stock quality 1.1.1…

• Annex 2 - Proposed consumer standards Code of Practice (accessible version)

  The role of the Code of Practice 1 - This Code of Practice (the Code) is…

Proposed guidance on how RSH uses, and intends to use, its statutory regulatory and enforcement powers and certain general powers following legislative changes

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 29 February 2024

This consultation seeks views from local housing authorities, social housing landlords, tenants and applicants on proposals to amend social housing allocation rules.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 30 January 2024

This consultation seeks views on Directions from the Secretary of State to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to the provision of information on tenants’ rights and complaints.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 19 January 2024

A consultation on new requirements under ‘Awaab’s Law’, including timescales for repairs in the social rented sector.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 9 January 2024

The Regulator of Social Housing is consulting on its equality objectives.

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 19 October 2023

The Regulator of Social Housing’s updated equality objectives were finalised in October 2023

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 19 October 2023

Reforms to shared ownership rents for new shared owners including switching the maximum amount that shared ownership rents can increase by once a year from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 0.5%, to the Consumer Prices Inde…

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 12 October 2023

The Regulator of Social Housing is consulting on proposed changes to its fees principles and levels in line with recent legislative and government requirements.

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 5 September 2023

​​This consultation seeks views on revised Directions from the Secretary of State to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to tenant involvement and mutual exchange.​

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 23 June 2023

Directions from the Secretary of State to the Regulator of Social Housing on tenant involvement and mutual exchange.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 23 June 2023

The Regulator of Social Housing's latest thinking about how we will put in place the changes to consumer regulation described in the social housing white paper

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 12 January 2023

These Directions require the regulator to set a rent standard for registered providers of social housing.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 2 others
• Updated: 14 December 2022

We are seeking views on a new Direction to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to social housing rent policy from 1 April 2023.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 14 December 2022

The TSMs will apply to all social housing landlords, including local authorities, housing associations and other registered social housing providers.

• From: Regulator of Social Housing
• Updated: 21 September 2022

This consultation will explore the ways to best protect social residents from the dangers of poor electrical safety.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 8 June 2022

Consultation on regulations to prevent local authorities applying a local connection to victims of domestic abuse who apply for social housing.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 15 February 2022

We are seeking views on proposals to extend the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 23 November 2021