Agenda item - Regulator of Social Housing - response to regulatory judgement including Procurement of Stock Conditions Contractor

1)             That Cabinet note the progress made in improving compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing, Safety & Quality Consumer Standard since the last Cabinet update in May 2025.

2)             That Cabinet delegate authority to the Corporate Director (Homes & Adult Social Care), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, to procure and award a two-year Stock Condition Survey Contract via procurement of specialist contractor, with an estimated value of £2 million, and to take all necessary steps to mobilise and manage the contract.

88.1      Cabinet considered a report that provided a six-month update on Brighton & Hove City Council’s response to the Regulator of Social Housing’s (RSH) C3 Regulatory Judgement (August 2024) relating to the housing Safety and Quality Consumer Standard.

88.2      Councillors Robinson and Rowkins contributed to the debate of the report.

88.3      Resolved-

1)             That Cabinet note the progress made in improving compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing, Safety & Quality Consumer Standard since the last Cabinet update in May 2025.

2)             That Cabinet delegate authority to the Corporate Director (Homes & Adult Social Care), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, to procure and award a two-year Stock Condition Survey Contract via procurement of specialist contractor, with an estimated value of £2 million, and to take all necessary steps to mobilise and manage the contract.