Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRs)

The Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRs) are a new statutory transparency standard being introduced by the Government and Regulator of Social Housing in 2026. This allows you to access information related to the management of your home.

New transformative Housing Management System Consolidation

Across the social housing sector, there is a renewed focus on making sure customers have a stronger voice and better access to information about the homes they live in and the services they receive. Following the Grenfell tragedy, the Government introduced a programme of reforms to improve safety, strengthen accountability and rebuild trust between landlords and their customers. This includes measures such as Awaab's Law, stronger Consumer Standards and the new Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRs).

At Platform, we welcome these changes. We believe customers should be able to understand how we make decisions, how we perform and how we manage our homes and services. This page explains what STAIRs means, what information you can expect us to publish, and how you will be able to request information that isn't already publicly available.

 

 

The Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRs) are a new statutory standard being introduced by the Government and Regulator of Social Housing to enhance transparency for private sector social housing providers customers, which includes Platform Housing Group. 

Under STAIRs, customers will have new rights to access information regarding the management of their homes and services, which is similar to the Freedom of Information process. This includes information on repairs, health and safety issues, and landlord performance. 

The policy establishes a publication scheme that mandates registered providers to proactively make certain classes of information available to customers. 

The implementation of STAIRs is being rolled out in phases following consultations held in 2024.

The STAIRs Publication Scheme

A lot of the information that the scheme requires us to publish is already available on the Platform Housing Group website. To make it easier to find this information we have arranged links to this information below using the STAIRs classifications.

Some information may not be published where it contains personal, confidential, commercially sensitive or security-related information. In these circumstances, we may remove or withhold information in line with our Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRs) Policy and our legal responsibilities.

We want you to be able to see how Platform is run and how decisions about our homes and services are made. This section brings together information about our Board and leadership, our policies and strategies, and the ways customers can have a say and help shape our services.

Information about customer consultations, including relevant updates, newsletters, meeting minutes and agendas, is shared directly with affected customers and published on the relevant pages where appropriate.

 

We want to be open about how we manage our money and make decisions about spending. Here you can find information about our finances, procurement, service charges and how we invest in our homes and services.

 

Looking after our homes and planning for their future is an important part of what we do. Here you can find information about how we maintain and improve our homes, assess their condition and invest in making them safer, more comfortable and energy efficient.

 

We regularly measure how our services are performing and share the results so you can see how we are doing. This includes customer satisfaction, repairs, building safety, complaints and other measures, as well as information about where we need to improve.

Number of evictions

In 2025/26, Platform reported 145 evictions in our Statistical Data Return to the Regulator of Social Housing. For this return, an eviction means a tenancy that ended when a warrant of possession was carried out by court bailiffs.

We provide a range of services to help you manage your home and tenancy. Here you can find information and guidance about repairs, your tenancy, keeping your home safe, your neighbourhood and the support available to you.

You can also use our Customer Portal to access and manage services relating to your home.

We keep a range of records and registers to help us manage our homes and services and meet our legal and safety responsibilities. Here you can find information from these records, including information about building and home safety, compliance and procurement.

  • Published performance information about fire risk assessments, gas safety checks, asbestos management, Legionella assessments and lift safety checks is available on the Our 2025-26 Performance page.
  • Find out about the safety checks and responsibilities that help keep our homes safe on the Keeping you and your home safe page.
  • Our Building Safety, Electrical Safety, Fire Safety, Heating and Hot Water Safety, Health and Safety and Water Systems (Legionella) policies are available on the Our Policies and Legal Statements page.
  • Information about our procurement pipeline and planned procurement activity is available on the Welcome to Platform Procurement page.
  • Information about our Board Members and governance arrangements can be found on the Our Team page. A Board Member declaration of interest register is maintained by Platform and information about how to request access to it is also available on this page.

We keep records and registers to help us manage our homes and services and meet our legal and safety responsibilities.

Information about our safety and compliance performance can be found on the Our 2025-26 Performance page. 

You can also find relevant policies on the Our Policies and Legal Statements page.

 

 

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Information requests

Under STAIRs you will also be able to request certain information on things like:

  • Rent rates and Service charges
  • Complaints handling
  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Procedures, and performance
  • Health and safety
  • Property conditions, repairs and improvements to property
  • Stock profile
  • Energy efficiency information
  • Estate management

Contact Us

If you would like to make a request under STAIRs please use our online enquiry form or our alternative contact methods found on our Contact Us page.

Visit our General Enquiries page

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STAIRs Request form

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