RSH announces statutory appointments to Board of Eldonian Community Based Housing Association Limited

The non-charitable community benefit society is a provider of social housing in Liverpool. In its 2020 Statistical Data Return, Eldonian was reported as having 394 housing units, the majority of which are general needs social housing units.

The new appointments are:

Bronwen Rapley

Angela Forshaw

Lesley Thompson

Harold Brown, Senior Assistant Director and head of the regulator’s Investigation and Enforcement team, said:

Following the publication of the regulatory notice on Eldonian in July 2021, we have been working with the provider to ensure it addresses the weaknesses in its governance. We have made these three appointments to ensure that the Board has the capacity and capability it needs to resolve the governance failures.

The current regulatory notice is available on the regulator’s website.

Notes to editor

The statutory appointments have been made under s269 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

As stated in the guidance on the regulator’s approach to intervention, enforcement and use of powers a provider is responsible for ensuring that the organisation is properly governed and viable, and achieves the standards set by the regulator. In circumstances where there has been a failure against a standard or where a provider has been mismanaged, the regulator will assess the most appropriate course of action – this includes the appointment of officers to give the provider a range of relevant additional skills and expertise to assist in resolving the failure against standards or mismanagement.

The regulatory judgements and notices, and gradings under review are available on our website.

RSH promotes a viable, efficient and well-governed social housing sector able to deliver homes that meet a range of needs. It does this by undertaking robust economic regulation focusing on governance, financial viability and value for money that maintains lender confidence and protects the taxpayer. It also sets consumer standards and may take action if these standards are breached and there is a significant risk of serious detriment to tenants or potential tenants. For more information about RSH, visit our website.

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