What is the Regulator of Social Housing Standards?
The Regulator of Social Housing Standards is the body responsible for overseeing and enforcing compliance with statutory standards in the social housing sector. It ensures that housing providers deliver safe, quality homes and maintain strong governance, financial viability and tenant engagement.
Benefits of the Regulator of Social Housing Standards
- Improved accountability: Ensures housing providers meet legal and ethical obligations.
- Tenant protection: Safeguards residents by enforcing safety and service standards.
- Sector stability: Promotes financial resilience and good governance across providers.
Use cases
- Compliance monitoring: Assessing housing providers against consumer and economic standards.
- Regulatory reporting: Submitting performance and compliance data for review.
- Risk management: Identifying and addressing governance or financial weaknesses.
Key components
- Consumer standards: Covering tenant involvement, home quality, and safety.
- Economic standards: Focusing on governance, financial viability and value for money.
- Inspection frameworks: Processes for audits and regulatory reviews.
- Reporting tools: Systems for submitting compliance and performance data.
The BRIK Housing platform, particularly the compliance module, supports housing providers in meeting regulatory standards by centralising compliance data, automating workflows and providing real-time reporting dashboards. Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, it enables organisations to demonstrate adherence to governance and consumer standards, reduce risk and maintain transparency with the Regulator of Social Housing.
