The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a Regulatory Notice (RN) following its decision to de-register Larch Housing Association Limited, which is a lease-based provider. The RSH had published an RN in November 2021 saying that it had notified Larch of its proposal to de-register the provider from the register of social housing providers, using its power under section 118 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (HRA 2008). Under section 118 of the HRA 2008, the RSH may remove a private registered provider from its register if it thinks the provider is no longer eligible for registration. The RSH had previously published non-compliant RNs for Larch in November 2019 and July 2020.
Larch made representations to the RSH but the RSH has concluded that Larch has failed to demonstrate that it can sustain its viability on an on-going basis. Larch has the opportunity to appeal against the RSH’s decision and will not be de-registered whilst an appeal is pending.
All of the Regulatory Judgements (RJs), RNs and Grading Under Review (GUR) listings published by the RSH can be viewed on the RSH’s website here.