Governance of social landlords – themes in a tagcloud

Since the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has taken over social housing regulation, there have been some eye-catching Regulatory Judgements (RJs). In seven cases social landlords have been graded as weak with a G3 or G4 (see Footnote).

Hopefully in there will be detailed work on these and other social landlords in with governance difficulties. In the past there was the Problem Cases trilogy – research by the Housing Corporation and consultancy CampbellTickell on housing associations who had been placed in regulatory supervision. Perhaps in the age of austerity there will be no funding for looking at case studies of failure.

While we wait for more detailed research we might be able to visualisation techniques to pull out some of the themes from the first seven social landlords to get G3 or G4 in their RJs. With a population of seven, the statistical significance will be limited. Nevertheless, the TagCloud does highlight issues like development. Also, the TagCloud shows the importance of frameworks for risk management and assurance for governance. As the HCA churns out more RJs, TagClouds may prove more instructive.

Footnote:

G3 = The provider does not meet all of the requirements on governance set out in the Governance and Financial Viability standard. There are issues of regulatory concern and in agreement with the regulator the provider is working to improve its position.

G4 = The provider does not meet the requirements on governance set out in the Governance and Financial Viability standard. There are issues of serious regulatory concern and the provider is subject to regulatory intervention or enforcement action.