Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81601

Social Rented Housing: Registration

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Daniel Francis

LabourBexleyheath and Crayford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving the regulations on registering as a provider of social housing.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 sets out who is eligible for registration and gives the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) the power to set criteria on certain matters that landlords must meet to register with them. RSH’s registration criteria is des...

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