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How software is tackling the compliance challenge
With social landlords under increasing pressure to improve housing compliance, Dave Carr from Propeller explains the role of software in overhauling safety checks and meeting RSH standards
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new regulation, enforced in April 2024, has put housing safety compliance under the microscope leaving local authorities and housing associations with no place to hide.
Te Social Housing Act sees the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) take
a more proactive role, including regular and stringent inspections of social landlords. Safety and transparency are being brought into sharp focus and the RSH has stronger powers to hold landlords to account. Although many social landlords have got better at managing housing safety
compliance in recent years, these changes will create additional pressures and have already seen some self-referring to the RSH.
ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE PITFALLS One of the biggest challenges for housing providers is managing inspection processes for gas, electrical, legionella, asbestos and fire safety across thousands of homes. Details of these checks are oſten collated using manual methods such as spreadsheets. Not only is this time consuming but prone to user error risking key information being omitted. For larger social landlords, another challenge is keeping track of the total number of homes owned or managed – and exactly what types of checks are
The Social Housing Act sees the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) take a more proactive role, including regular and stringent inspections of social landlords
required for each. Gaps in this data will inevitably lead to inadequate inspection processes and non compliance with RSH standards. Cloud-based soſtware is critical to overcoming these challenges, providing
housing providers with a quick and effective tool for managing all areas of housing compliance. With the right technology, new systems can be implemented without the need to integrate with existing IT programmes or the support of an internal IT department.
A STREAMLINED APPROACH Te first step is to gather robust baseline data which oſten requires an in-depth review of a housing provider’s property register. Tis can be achieved with the
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