Civitas commits to continue working with non-compliant housing association Falcon

Government report released today (12 November)

Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has said it will continue its “supportive relationship” with the Falcon Housing Association, which the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) today (12 November) deemed non-complaint with the governance and financial viability standard.

Falcon, a nation provider of social housing, was placed under review by the Government regulator in September. Today the findings have shown the not-for-profit has "failed to ensure its governance arrangements deliver an effective risk management and control framework and has not demonstrated that it has managed its resources effectively to ensure its viability can be maintained". The judgement also said Falcon has not managed its affairs appropriately and, notably, "failed to ensure that any arrangements it enters into do not inappropriately advance the interests of third parties or are...