Inspections and unlimited fines proposed for social landlords

The government has announced plans to introduce new laws to tackle the problems of social housing landlords providing sub-standard housing.

Councils and housing associations would be subject to “Ofsted-style” inspections, and could face unlimited fines if conditions are found to be really bad and the landlord doesn’t fix the problems.

https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/social-landlords-could-face-unlimited-fines-and-ofsted-style-inspections-under-new-social-housing-bill/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofsted-style-inspections-and-unlimited-fines-for-failing-social-landlords