NAS Certification for
Social Housing Contractors
Independent, evidence-based compliance certification for contractors working in social housing, registered provider, and ALMO supply chains.
Demonstrate compliance to housing associations, ALMOs, and social landlords — covering health and safety, equality, data protection and complaints handling for resident-facing work.
Why It Matters
Social Housing Procurement Demands Resident-Safe Compliance
Registered providers and ALMOs face scrutiny from the Regulator of Social Housing. Their supply chains must demonstrate compliance — particularly around health and safety, equality and resident safety — before contractors enter occupied homes.
NAS certification gives social housing procurement teams independently assessed evidence that your business complies with the laws and standards that resident-facing work demands.
- Independent, evidence-based NAS certification
- Demonstrates compliance to registered providers, ALMOs, and social landlords
- Modern slavery checks (statement at Bronze where turnover is £36m+; risk policy at Gold)
- Equality, data protection and complaints handling reviewed (Bronze and above)
- GDPR compliance for contractors accessing occupied properties and resident data
- Regulator of Social Housing supply chain evidence
- Live digital profile shared with social housing procurement teams
- Free certificate verification on the NAS public register
What Gets Assessed
NAS assessment reviews evidence across core compliance areas for social housing contractors.
Health & Safety Policy
A current, signed H&S policy and the arrangements that put it into practice for work in occupied residential properties.
Modern Slavery Act
Section 54 statement where turnover is £36m or more, and modern slavery risk policy at Gold.
GDPR / Data Protection
Data protection compliance for contractors accessing occupied properties, resident data, and social landlord IT systems.
Equality Act Compliance
Evidence of Equality Act policies and procedures for contractors working in diverse residential communities.
Insurance Evidence
Valid Employer's Liability and Public Liability insurance at levels appropriate for resident-facing residential contractor work.
Risk Assessments & Method Statements
Two risk assessments and two method statements for your work, reviewed by an assessor. For work in occupied homes, a lone working risk assessment is a sensible one to include.
Choose the Right NAS Tier
All tiers include H&S assessment. Silver is the recommended starting point for resident-facing social housing work.
Health and safety policy and arrangements, risk assessments and method statements, COSHH, CDM duties, training, insurance and subcontractor checks — the SSIP core criteria.
- Health & safety policy
- Risk assessments & method statements
- Training & insurance
- Public register listing
Everything in Basic plus legal identity and licences, employers’ liability insurance, data protection, equality, complaints handling, employment terms and right-to-work checks.
- Everything in Basic
- Data protection & equality
- Employers’ liability & employment checks
- Public register listing
Everything in Bronze plus environmental and waste management, quality and corrective action, governance and conflicts of interest, competition law, pensions, working time and subcontractor approval.
- Everything in Bronze
- Environmental & waste management
- Quality & governance
- Public register listing
Everything in Silver plus 13 procurement modules: financial standing, anti-bribery and integrity disclosures, tax status, cyber security, ethical supply chain, sustainability and Building Safety Act readiness.
- Everything in Silver
- 13 procurement modules
- Anti-bribery & financial standing
- Building Safety Act readiness
Frequently Asked Questions