Purpose

To seek Executive agreement to an Action Plan for Fareham Housing. The
Action Plan intended to achieve confident compliance with the new Consumer
Standards for social housing providers.

 

As a Registered Provider
of social housing, Fareham Borough Council must now comply with new Consumer
Standards which came into force on 01 April 2024. The standards introduce a
co-regulatory approach with the Regulator of Social Housing and include a set
of specific expectations around the safety and quality of homes, transparency
and influence for customers, safe and well-maintained neighbourhoods, and a
tenancy standard.

An Action Plan for Fareham
Housing has been developed, with the objective to achieve confident compliance
with the new Standards.

 

Decision

RESOLVED
that the Executive:

(a) 
agrees
the content of the Action Plan at Appendix A to this report, noting that this
will be an iterative document to be kept up to date by the Director of Housing
following consultation with the Executive Member for Housing; and

 

(b) 
notes the
governance and assurance measures outlined in Appendix A, which will
collectively provide on-going scrutiny and regular review of Fareham Housing in
the context of the new Consumer Standards.