by ARCH admin | 3 Oct, 2025 | News
Early in 2024 the Government consulted on a new requirement for all senior housing staff working for local authorities or housing associations to have, or be working towards, an appropriate professional qualification. On 30 September, MHCLG published the outcome of...
by ARCH admin | 12 Sep, 2025 | ARCH Policies, News
ARCH has responded to the Government consultation on Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for social housing. We argue that the consultation is premature, given that important details of the new EPC system have not been finalised, and it is not yet clear what...
by ARCH admin | 12 Sep, 2025 | ARCH Policies, News
ARCH has responded to the MHCLG consultation on revisions to the Decent Homes Standard. We have given qualified support to most of the proposals included, but asked for further discussion on many of the details. We do not support the proposal to require the provision...
by ARCH admin | 29 Aug, 2025 | News
In its latest batch of regulatory judgements, issued on 27 August, the Regulator of Social Housing has issued gradings for two local authorities, Kensington and Chelsea and Arun DC. The Regulator assesses compliance with each of the four Consumer Standards – the...
by ARCH admin | 27 Aug, 2025 | ARCH Policies, News
ARCH has submitted its response to the MHCLG consultation on How to Implement Rent Convergence. ARCH’s response argues that, where tenants are paying below-formula rents, councils should be permitted to increase them by an additional amount of up to £3 a week...
