CIH response to a new deal for social housing

Headlines from the report are:

“We believe that there are many positive proposals set out in the green paper to improve standards including:

• a stronger focus on ensuring all landlords are meeting the regulator’s consumer standards
• a more consistent approach to regulating local authority and housing association landlords
• the removal of the ‘democratic filter’ to speed up complaints handling
• a proposed review of the Decent Homes Standard
• efforts to further professionalise the sector, with government working alongside bodies such as ourselves to promote professional and ethical standards among those delivering housing services

However, despite these positives, we consider that overall the green paper falls short of setting out the kind of ambitious vision for the future of the sector that is needed. There is a lack of clarity over the role and purpose of social housing and there are mixed messages throughout the green paper on whether social housing is intended to provide long term homes that tenants can be proud of or to act as a ‘spring board to ownership’ for all but the most vulnerable.”

Full details can be found at http://www.cih.org/resources/policy/Consultation%20responses/CIH%20response%20to%20Social%20Housing%20Green%20Paper%20Nov18.pdf