Seven years in the making, we now know what the new framework for social housing regulation will look like. Integral to the new regime is the return of housing inspection. The last housing inspection was carried out by the Audit Commission in 2010, before the agency was abolished under the Localism Act 2011.

Here we bring together what we know about housing inspection, as set out in a bewildering array of documents published by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) on 29 February. Indeed, it takes some time just assembling the relevant documents from the labyrinthine contents on the Regulator’s website. Hopefully, this digested briefing will save you time accessing the material online.