The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published an enforcement notice  for Easy Housing Association (EHA), as well as making three appointments to its board and requiring EHA to appoint a manager.

EHA, a Birmingham-based landlord providing supported housing through leases, has failed to demonstrate that it is managing its affairs appropriately with the necessary skills and expertise, the RSH says.

The RSH has engaged intensively with EHA since the regulatory notice in March 2023 which set out findings that EHA was not delivering the outcomes of the Governance and Financial Viability Standard and the Rent Standard. EHA has, however, been unable or unwilling to make the needed improvements, the regulator says.

The combination of enforcement actions and interventions are aimed at improving EHA’s capacity and capability to address its failures.

The new appointees are:

• Nicole Seymour – Executive Director – Corporate Services (Sanctuary Group)
• Sayeed Haris – Executive Director of Property Services (Midland Heart)
• Waseem Butt – Director of Building Safety (Midland Heart).

EHA is required to commission an independent review and to appoint a manger to ensure a credible and comprehensive action plan is developed and that capacity is in place for its delivery.

Jonathan Walters, Deputy Chief Executive of the RSH, said: “When landlords cannot or will not resolve issues on their own, we will use our enforcement powers when necessary to make sure things are put right to protect tenants and their homes.

“In this case, EHA has persistently failed to address serious failings and we are taking enforcement action as a result.”