Commentary on provisions of Act Standards Section 22: Standards relating to information and transparency
Section 22 adds new section 194C to the HRA 2008 allowing the regulator to set standards for registered providers on the provision of information and transparency to their social housing tenants and to the regulator, implementing the commitments set out in the Social Housing White Paper.
	New section 194C(2) sets out examples of things that the standards could contain. Subsection (2)(a) relates to provision for an ‘Access to Information scheme’ for tenants and also enables the Regulator to require registered providers to provide their tenants with information on their rights and how to make complaints; subsection (2)(b) relates to requirements for registered providers to self-report breaches of the regulator’s standards to the regulator and subsection (2)(c) relates to requirements on registered providers to publish information about how much they are spending on management costs and executive remuneration.