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The Regulator of Social Housing has announced that Pivotal Housing Association is to be removed from the register of social housing providers. The regulator said the decision followed persistent and long-standing failures against governance and financial viability requirements.
RSH said Pivotal had failed to show effective governance and had not demonstrated that it was managing its affairs properly in the interests of tenants. The regulator also said Pivotal had failed to meet the Rent Standard and had incorrectly reported some homes as social housing.
Pivotal, a small supported accommodation provider operating mainly through leases in the West Country, may continue as a private landlord. RSH said de-registration was not a step taken lightly but that the landlord had failed to resolve serious weaknesses despite enforcement action.