The government should ensure that housing associations and private developers face the same level of regulation when receiving grant from the Housing Corporation, according to Housing Today readers

The online survey – which questioned 109 subscribers to our website – found that three-quarters of readers believed private firms should face levels of regulation similar to those experienced by housing associations.

Readers who responded to the survey came from housing associations (39), councils (20) and 50 other organisations such as arm’s-length management organisations and consultants.

A majority of respondents were against paying social housing grant to private developers (58% as opposed to 42%).

Of the 63 readers who said they were against the proposal contained in the Housing Bill, over half (58%) said they felt public funds should not be used to subsidise private companies.

The poll – which ran for 12 days from 28 October – also gauged views on whether the government should open up the corporation’s entire biennial £3.3bn development programme to non-registered social landlords. Over two-thirds of respondents (68%) said that would be financially unfair to housing associations.

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Housing Today