One in three housing association properties fail the government鈥檚 standards for decency, and few RSLs have strategies for meeting the 2010 decent homes deadline, Housing Corporation research has found.

The research suggested that 32% of stock owned by registered social landlords would fall short of the decent homes standard 鈥� 70% of this because of disrepair.

The top 24 associations were surveyed, covering some 370,000 homes. But the percentages of stock that failed to meet the standard varied between individual associations. This was partly due to differing stock profiles, but, researchers concluded, 鈥渢his variance stems from housing association officers applying different versions鈥� of the standard.

However, the majority of RSLs surveyed said they were confident of meeting the 2010 target.

The study recommended that future stock condition surveys include a requirement from the corporation to assess homes against decent homes criteria.

  • Get sector study 9, Assessing Housing Association Properties Against the Decent Homes Standard, from www.housingcorp.gov.uk

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