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Social Tenant Access to Information (STAIRS)

The Social Tenant Access to Information Requirement or STAIRS for short, is a new UK Government standard that aims to improve access to information for social housing tenants.

You can find most of the required information already on our website.

To make it easier to find, using the STAIRS classifications, we’ve included the list below with links, to take you straight to where the information appears on our website.

Governance and decision-making
  • Information about Golden Lane Housing and what we do, can be found on the About Us section of our website.
  • Names and roles of our  Executive Team and Board Members can be found on the Who we are page.
  • Our Governance page provides information about our governance arrangements, organisational structure and decision making processes.
  • Information about our 3 year corporate plan, can be found on the Our Plan section of our website.
  • Information about tenant consultations, tenant meeting minutes and agendas can be found on our Get Involved page. Our Tenant Involvement Plan contains information about how tenants are involved in decisions and able to have their say about the housing services they receive.
  • Our Complaints page, includes information about how to make a complaint and how we respond to concerns.
  • Information about our compliance with the Housing Ombudsman Complaint Handling Code can be found on our Complaints performance page.
Spending
  • We publish details annually about our spending, grants and use of service charge revenue in our Annual Report and Financial Statements.
  • Our Procurement page provides information about how we procure a wide range of goods, services and works from external suppliers.
Housing stock management
Performance
Housing services

Our website provides tenants with information about our services, as well as housing related advice and guidance.

  • The ‘Managing your home‘ area of our website provides information about our repairs, maintenance and compliance services.
  • The ‘Your tenancy‘ area of our website contains information about  our approach to tenancy management, tenants’ rights and responsibilities, rent and service charges and permissions.
  • The ‘Help and advice‘ area of our website provides advice to tenants on paying rent, managing money, making a complaint, support with anti-social behaviour and safeguarding concerns.
  • Our ‘Service Standards‘ contain information about the levels of service tenants can expect from us.
Lists and registers

This section contains information on the registers we’re required to keep for the management of our housing services.

We have a legal responsibility to ensure certain important safety checks are carried out across all our homes. Our ‘Safety in the home‘ area of our website provides information on these checks:

  • Gas safety checks are completed annually and check that any gas heating and hot water appliances, fittings and flues are safe.
  • Electrical installation testing is completed every 5 years.
  • Asbestos Safety Management inspections
  • Water safety checks are carried out to reduce the risk from legionella and other bacteria
  • Fire and Fire Risk assessments

More information about how we are complying with Awaab’s Law can be found on our Damp and mould page of our website.

Social housing management

Information about how we manage our homes is contained within the following policies and statements:

Need to contact us?

If you need any support to access the information or would like help understanding this publication scheme, please get in touch.

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

If you need information that isn’t published here or if you think we haven’t published information that we hold and that should be included in our STAIRs Publication Scheme, you can contact us at:

E: governance@glh.org.uk

Information requests

From April 2027, you will have a legal right to ask us for information about how we manage your home and the services we provide.

More information about making an information request will be made available in due course.