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How we regulate

As the statutory regulator of the housing association sector, the Housing Corporation monitors the performance of housing associations and the use they make of our funding. This series of documents explains our regulatory approach.
  • Challenging Regulatory Judgements
    Process for housing associations to seek a review of the outcomes of the Housing Corporation's regulatory engagement with them.
  • How We Regulate 1: Our Regulatory Documents
    This publication describes our suite of regulatory documents, and introduces the new 'How We Regulate' series.
  • How We Regulate 2: Risk based regulation
    This guide explains what the Corporation means by risk based regulation, and how we apply principles of risk in our regulatory activities. Re-issue March 2007
  • How We Regulate 3 - Self assessment compliance statements
    How We Regulate 3 gives explains our expectations of self assessment and sets out our requirements. Revised March 2008.
  • How We Regulate 4: Our overall approach
    This document sets out in detail how we will deliver risk based regulation.
  • How We Regulate 5: Viability
    This document follows our introduction of a risk based regulatory approach, and describes in more detail how we regulate housing associations’ viability.
  • How We Regulate 6: Governance
    This document follows our introduction of a risk based regulatory approach, and describes in more detail how we regulate housing associations’ governance.
  • How We Regulate 7: Management
    This document follows our introduction of a risk based regulatory approach, and describes in more detail how we regulate housing associations’ management.
  • How We Regulate 8: New stock transfer associations
    This publication focuses on the application of our risk-based regulatory approach to our work with new stock transfer associations. It should be read in conjunction with others in the series describing our wider regulatory approach. March 2007
  • How We Regulate 9: Supervision
    This publication describes how supervision is used by the the Corporation when an association is found to be failing to meet the code. It should be read in conjunction with others in the series describing our wider regulatory approach. May 2007
 

See also

Regulatory Code and guidance
Sets out the fundamental obligations of housing associations within our regulatory system
The Elton Report – Review of Regulatory and Compliance Requirements For RSLs
Independent report commissioned by the Corporation, looking at the regulation of housing associations across England.
Memorandum of Understanding
For co-operation between the Regulator of Community Interest Companies and the Housing Corporation
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