Shelter Briefing: Social Housing (Regulation) Bill: Public Bill Committee

Grenfell United and Shelter strongly welcome the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill.

Over five years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the Government has introduced the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill, which represents a real opportunity to provide fairness and accountability for people living in social housing.

Grenfell United and Shelter are campaigning to ensure that the Bill is robust enough to truly deliver on the promises to provide a proactive system of regulation that effectively holds social landlords to account.

Too many social tenants are living in unsafe, unfit homes that are not being routinely inspected or managed effectively.

To meet the promises made to tenants after the Grenfell Tower fire, the Government must:

Give firm assurances that the Regulator of Social Housing will use its new powers (Clause 29) to conduct routine inspections of all social landlords.

Amend the Bill (Clause 21) to ensure that senior managers who work for social landlords are properly trained and qualified to manage social housing.

Amend the Bill to enable new, clearer, consumer standards that cover the issues that matter to tenants.