A beefed-up social housing regulator with new powers to inspect the properties of the UK’s biggest housing associations is at the heart of government reforms for the sector, which are laid out today.

Launching its long-awaited social housing white paper, first promised in the wake of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, prime minister Boris Johnson said the reforms were designed to “give social housing tenants a voice, and ensure that it is listened to”.

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