Listening to Social Housing Tenants
February 4th 2009
Alan Whitehead MP is urging constituents who live in housing association, ALMO, co-operative or local authority controlled social housing to make sure they have their say in a nationwide consultation of tenants.
The Tenant Services Authority, the new independent regulator for social housing, wants to hear from as many social housing tenants as possible, to help it decide on new standards which landlords will be expected to follow.
Dr Whitehead said:
“This is an important opportunity for tenants to make their voices heard about their housing needs and how they are treated by their landlords. You can either complete the survey directly, or, if you prefer to feed your views through me, I will make sure they are passed on to the Tenant Services Authority.
Tenants can download a questionnaire from www.nationalconversation.co.uk, or call 0845 230 7000 (choosing option 1) for further information.
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More information
- The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is the new Independent regulator for affordable housing, set to raise the standard of services through a well-governed sector that puts tenants first. It launched on 1st December 2008.
- Initially the Tenants Services Authority (the TSA) will operate under the legal powers of the Housing Corporation whilst it consults on the powers set out in the 2008 Housing and Regeneration Act.
- The TSA will be consulting with tenants across 5 million households and their landlords- including Local Authorities, ALMOs and housing associations- to develop the new standards framwwork and implement the new powers granted in the Housing and Regeneration Act. The TSA intends to ‘switch on’ its new powers for Housing Associations in December 2009 and across the Local Authority sector in April 2010.