ARCH Community Champions – last chance to nominate

The ARCH Community Champion Awards recognise the dedication, willingness, inspiration and devotion that our tenants freely give to others, and it is hoped that this can motivate others and give them examples of things they can do in their own community. Nominations...

The importance of understanding tenants’ homes

A new report from the Regulator of Social Housing emphasises the importance of social landlords understanding the condition of tenants’ homes. Regulatory standards require landlords to have a strong understanding of stock condition. Through its regulatory activity,...

Regulator issues gradings for 10 local authorities

In its latest batch of judgements, issued on 30 July, the Regulator of Social Housing has given a C1 grading the London Borough of Enfield, and C2 gradings to Crawley Borough Council, East Devon District Council, South Holland District Council and the London Borough...

MHCLG consults on Decent Homes and MEES

The Government has published consultation papers proposing updates to the Decent Homes Standard and a new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for social and affordable housing.  Both consultations close on 10 September.  ARCH is preparing responses to both...

The Government launches its plan for social housing

Background The Government’s has launched its plan for social and affordable housing, Delivering a decade of Renewal.   The plan sets out how the £39 billion allocated for a new Affordable Housing Programme will be used to deliver an estimated 300,000 social and...

Help with anti-social behaviour for social housing tenants

In July 2021 Government published an online document as part of the commitment in the Social Housing White Paper “Charter for Social Housing Residents” to support residents facing anti-social behaviour (ASB) and crime and clarify the different...