Oldham Council has reaffirmed its commitment to resident safety, transparency and improvement following a C3 regulatory judgement from the Regulator of Social Housing relating to the housing stock managed on behalf of the council.
The judgment highlights the need to strengthen governance, oversight and assurance processes. The council said it did not identify widespread safety failures. Instead, it focused on how the council checks and verifies important information about repairs and safety work carried out by its housing partners.
The Regulator acknowledged that many actions were already underway before the inspection and that the council had identified several of the issues in advance. This work is now being accelerated.
Councillor Elaine Taylor, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “This is a serious judgment, and we fully accept the findings. Residents deserve a housing service where safety and accountability come first.
“Most of the issues relate to governance and oversight. The Regulator recognises that we had already started making improvements, and we will now go further and faster.
“We are increasing staff capacity, strengthening our checks on safety information, and improving how we monitor the work carried out by our housing partners.
“We will produce an enhanced improvement plan, strengthen our governance arrangements, and work closely with tenants so they can shape the changes being made.
“Residents living in homes managed on our behalf will receive a direct update explaining what this means for them and how we will work with them in future to ensure better communication as their landlord.”
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