Direction on the rent standard 2026
This Direction requires the regulator to set a rent standard for registered providers of social housing.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Regulator of Social Housing are implementing new enforcement powers and regulatory oversight for social housing providers, including supported housing. Recent legislation—the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023—has expanded the regulator's ability to intervene in poorly performing providers and set tenure standards. The government has consulted on and is now implementing these enhanced regulatory frameworks.
This Direction requires the regulator to set a rent standard for registered providers of social housing.
In response to: Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements: consultation
In response to: Consultation on the introduction of tenant satisfaction measures
In response to: Consultation on the introduction of tenant satisfaction measures
In response to: Consultation on the introduction of tenant satisfaction measures
In response to: Consultation on the introduction of tenant satisfaction measures
Social landlords, regulators and government have committed to work together to accelerate remediation of unsafe cladding on social housing and improve resident experience.
Social landlords, regulators and government have committed to work together to accelerate remediation of unsafe cladding on social housing and improve resident experience.
The Regulator of Social Housing’s updated equality objectives were finalised in October 2023
Government will begin naming and shaming failing social housing landlords on social media.
In response to: Consultation on the consumer standards
In response to: Consultation on the consumer standards
The government's response to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee inquiry into the regulation of social housing.
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
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
The Regulator of Social Housing's initial thinking about how we will put in place the changes to consumer regulation described in the social housing white paper
The Regulator of Social Housing's initial thinking about how we will put in place the changes to consumer regulation described in the social housing white paper
Sets out the actions the government will take to ensure that residents in social housing are safe, are listened to, live in good quality homes, and have access to redress when things go wrong.