Agenda item - Improving Housing Services: Response to the Regulator of Social Housing Ruling

1)            Note the Regulator of Social Housing Regulatory Judgement, following responsive engagement with the Council, that there are serious failings in how the Council is delivering on the standard of Safety and Quality, and that significant improvement is needed.

2)            Note the update on progress on actions being undertaken toward Safety & Quality compliance to address the Regulator’s concerns, meet our statutory and regulatory obligations, and improve housing services for our residents. 

3)            Agrees Overview & Scrutiny oversight arrangements as set out in section 6 of this report. 

63.1      Cabinet considered a report that set out the response to the recent Regulatory Judgement by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) that identified serious failings in the Safety and Quality compliance category in the areas of health & safety and the routine repairs backlog.  The report outlined progress and the work that remained to meet the regulatory requirements.

63.2      Councillors Sankey and Taylor commented and made contribution to the debate of the report.

63.3      Resolved-

1)             Note the Regulator of Social Housing Regulatory Judgement, following responsive engagement with the Council, that there are serious failings in how the Council is delivering on the standard of Safety and Quality, and that significant improvement is needed.

2)             Note the update on progress on actions being undertaken toward Safety & Quality compliance to address the Regulator’s concerns, meet our statutory and regulatory obligations, and improve housing services for our residents. 

3)             Agrees Overview & Scrutiny oversight arrangements as set out in section 6 of this report.