Residents are experiencing testing times with the cost of living. Landlords are facing a lower rent rise than inflation, but their costs are rising, the voices of tenants is more important that ever to drive change.

Meanwhile the Social Housing Regulation Bill promises opportunities for a stronger, louder and more influential voice for tenants and the government has recruited a Social Housing Quality Resident Panel.

Trade bodies in housing are sponsoring a Better Social Housing Review, looking at the quality of social housing, following recent poor publicity, with plans to engage tenant, and the Housing Ombudsman and the Regulator of Social Housing are getting tougher on landlord compliance.

A new report has been published on Stigma in Social Housing in England; whilst all tenant group “Stop Social Housing Stigma” are meeting with government to discuss how this should be at the forefront of the levelling up agenda and starting to roll out local pilots.