RSH publishes review of regulatory casework

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a review of its regulatory casework over the last year - since the new inspection programme began on 1 April 2024.

The annual report covers the key themes from RSH’s governance, financial viability and consumer regulation of social landlords and shares learning for social landlords, to help them deliver more and better homes.

RSH has published more than 100 regulatory judgements from inspections since the new programme began last April. 

The report highlights that landlords must have strong governance and manage risk effectively; demonstrate that tenants are safe in their homes; keep up-to-date and comprehensive data on homes and tenants to make the right, evidence-led decisions; and embed tenants’ views into decision making.

Landlords must also manage financial viability so they can prioritise efficiency and value for money and refer themselves to RSH if they find or suspect a failure to meet RSH standards.

Fiona MacGregor, Chief Executive at RSH, said: “Landlords should carefully consider the insights from today’s report to see how they can improve their ways of working and outcomes for tenants. 

“There are early signs that our new proactive approach is already making an impact. We will continue to hold landlords to account to make sure current and future tenants have a safe, decent place to live.”