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Year: 2023
Date: 25 October, 2023
Offence Group: consumer-protection-related offences
Offence Type: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Regulatory Notice served. The regulator has concluded that: Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) is not compliant with the Rent Standard and between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2020, prior to the introduction of the Rent Standard, was not compliant with the legislative requirements of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016. b) JRHT incorrectly assumed 89 of its units were specialised supported housing (SSH) excepted from the Rent Standard. Following investigations instigated by its board, JRHT has evidence that exceptions to the Rent Standard have been misapplied for these units, some since 2007, leading to incorrect rents being charged to tenants. c) JRHT has also identified errors in relation to rent setting for up to 400 fair rent[footnote 1] tenancies. This is a result of not reviewing the registration of its fair rent tenancies since 2008. The maximum fair rent has been exceeded for at least 183 tenancies. d) At least £479,000 is estimated to have been overcharged by JRHT in respect of these issues.
Agency: Regulator of Social Housing
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