Hull-based Wyke Developments brought the £500,000 action over a dispute about a Housing Associations as Managing Agents scheme (Housing Today, 1 November).
The association had let up to 50 homes owned by Wyke under their agreement.
It is understood Sanctuary will pay an undisclosed amount to settle the case. But its ramifications continue.
Wyke proprietor Simon Cutting has complained to the official independent complaints reviewer, Jodi Berg, about the way the Housing Corporation handled the case.
It is understood Wyke believes that the corporation let the dispute drag on for two years instead of promptly clarifying the scheme’s rules for both sides.
This is just the latest complaint concerning the regulator’s role.
Camden council in London is understood to be demanding that the corporation declassify currently confidential information and negotiate a mechanism for alerting councils to potential problems with local RSLs (Housing Today, 21 March).
The call follows the collapse of West Hampstead Housing Association’s private homes leasing business.
Former Clays Lane Housing Co-operative chief officer Sue Berry has asked the parliamentary ombudsman to investigate the quango’s handling of disputes at the troubled co-operative (Housing Today, 21 February).
And the government has accepted the Sharman report recommendation that the National Audit Office be allowed access to corporation documents (Housing Today, 21 March).
The decision followed high profile cases of fraud and controversial pension deals at some RSLs. The corporation said that its new regulatory system reflected Sharman’s recommendations.
Sanctuary Housing Association confirmed it had settled the dispute with Wyke.
And the corporation confirmed that Cutting had complained, adding it had “facilitated” this.
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Housing Today
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