NEW legislation to “name and shame” landlords who are providing substandard social housing will do little to change their behaviour, housing campaigners have warned. 

Plans are also in place to establish a “resident panel” that will allow social tenants to be heard “directly by government,” the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said.

The reforms, to be delivered through legislation, will involve publishing the names of failing landlords on the government’s website and social media channels.