The government is to bring forward a green paper on social housing in England.
In the wake of Grenfell, the green paper will look at safety issues but will also look at the overall quality of social housing, service management and the way social homes and their tenants are taken care of. It will also look at the rights of tenants and show how their voices can be better heard.
Communities secretary Sajid Javid said that the green paper will be “the most substantial report of its kind for a generation”.
“It will be a wide-ranging, top-to-bottom review of the issues facing the sector,” he said. “It will kick off a nationwide conversation on social housing. What works and what doesn’t work. What has gone right and what has gone wrong. Why things have gone wrong and – most importantly – how to fix them.”
Javid said that the green paper will also look at wider issues of place, community, and the local economy.
“How can social landlords help to create places that people really want to live in, places where roses can grow?”
