Funding and regulation of Housing association
Posted on:3/27/2006
| Housing associations in England are funded and regulated by the Housing Corporation, a quango that reports to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
Housing associations in England are funded and regulated by the Housing Corporation, a quango that reports to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Registered Social Landlord (RSL) is the technical name for social landlords that are registered with the Housing Corporation - most are housing associations, but there are also trusts, co-operatives and companies.
A free comprehensive resource of contact details for every RSL in the UK can be found online at www.housingnet.co.uk
Since 2003, in an effort to seek greater value for money, much of the funding by the Housing Corporation for new house building has been channelled to fewer than 80 "developing housing associations" that have achieved "partner status" through Partner Programme Agreements.
Legally housing associations are often Industrial and Provident societies, and may or may not be registered charities.
There are four industry bodies representing housing associations working in the UK, each covering a respective home nation. They are;
1) England - National Housing Federation (NHF)
2) Scotland - Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)
3) Wales - Welsh Federation of Housing Associations (WFHA)
4) Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA)
The NHF (formerly the National Federation of Housing Associations) claimed that at the start of 2003 they had around 1400 non-profit housing organisations in their membership, owning or managing approximately 1.8 million homes across England.
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