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HCA comment on regulating mergers
The Homes and Communities Agency will rely more heavily on regulatory judgements and downgrades to regulate merger activity after it is stripped of much…
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Deregulaton for HAs to come in 2 phases
Deregulation of housing associations is now likely to happen in two phases, the new head of regulation at the Homes and Communities Agency has…
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Merger code for HAs
The 10 principles forming the first merger code for English housing associations. According to Inside Housing: The National Housing Federation’s board on Wednesday approved…
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Court could be brought in as administer for HAs in difficulty
The chair of the Homes and Communities Agency regulation committee said the change was being considered as part of a deregulatory package being drawn…
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Plans for HA’s as public bodies
A parliamentary inquiry will press ministers on whether they are willing to water down proposed reforms to ensure housing associations are taken back off…
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HAs reclassified as public bodies
English housing associations are part of the public sector for the purposes of national accounts, The news came in a review by the Office for…
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Funding review and impact on Trustees
One of the recurring themes that came up throughout the fundraising review was the role of trustees with regards to the fundraising activities of…
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Board diversity v skills
This is an interesting artcicle from wales on the challenges of a diverse and free thinking board v a skilled board Why cant we…
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Sector Risk Profile 2015
Here is the annual report from the HCA. Every organsiation has a risk map – make sure that the content of this is thorouhgly embedded…
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HCA to downgrae over poor data returns
Poor or late data submitted by housing associations to the regulator is undermining the Homes and Communities Agency’s new system of in-depth assessments, Julian…