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Social housing rents consultation (30 August 2022)
Open consultation
Social housing rents consultation
- From:
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Published
- 31 August 2022
Applies to England
Summary
We are seeking views on a new Direction to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to social housing rent policy from 1 April 2023.
This consultation closes at
11:45pm on 12 October 2022
Consultation description
We are seeking views on a draft Direction to the Regulator of Social Housing. The Direction would require the Regulator to set a regulatory standard on rents that will apply to Registered Providers of social housing. This encompasses:
- Private Registered Providers (including housing associations)
- Local authority Registered Providers (i.e. local authorities with retained housing stock)
Section 197 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 gives the Secretary of State the power to direct the Regulator of Social Housing to set a standard on rent, and about the content of that standard. Once issued, a Direction is binding on the Regulator. We propose to use this power to issue a new Direction to the Regulator on rent. The proposed Direction has been published alongside this consultation.
Documents
Social housing rents
HTML
Annex B: Draft Direction on the Rent Standard
PDF, 146 KB, 2 pages
Annex C: Draft policy statement on rents for social housing
PDF, 721 KB, 25 pages
Annex D: Impact assessment - social housing rents consultation
PDF, 386 KB, 22 pages
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Email to:
Socialhousingrents@levellingup.gov.uk
Write to:
Social Housing Rents
Floor 3 (Mailpoint B12)
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
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Published 31 August 2022