Regulator of Social Housing

The role of the Regulator

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) regulates social landlords in England who manage over 4 million properties with tens of thousands more waiting for a social housing home. Their role is to regulate so that social landlords deliver more and better homes.

The RSH sets standards to drive improvements in all social landlords. They assess how well they do this, and when necessary, taking action so that where there are problems, landlords put them right.

The RSH shares its analysis of current risks and challenges in social housing to help landlords and others to make better decisions, encourage investment in new social housing and to inform our regulation.

The responsibilities and objectives of the RSH are given to them by Parliament. They work closely with a range of organisations and individuals including landlords, tenants, investors, and government bodies.

From 1 April 2024 the regulation of social housing will change, following changes introduced by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023. The aim of these changes is to strengthen the accountability of social landlords for providing safe homes and quality services, and treating residents with respect. The RSH will now be able to carry out integrated and active regulation across all of their standards, and for all types of landlords, including (where relevant) local authorities.

For more information and more, visit Regulator of Social Housing.