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Annual review of Chief Executive salaries
The exclusive poll of the 177 largest associations by stock owned shows average basic chief executive pay grew 3.3% year-on-year to £150,131 in 2015/16.…
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Complaints report – demonstrates an increase in tenant complaints
The number of tenant complaints received by social landlords surveyed has steadily increased during the past three financial years. The report by Housemark can…
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RTB – new and voluntary – where are we now?
Here is a useful summary from Inside Housing: https://social.shorthand.com/insidehousing/jydtttxO6P/the-right-to-buy-extension…
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Citizenship post brexit
The British citizenship system has lain unreformed for decades, and the Brexit vote has cast the status and security of the 3 million EU…
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London Mayor signs up to diversity pledge
Sadiq Khan’s top housing team have signed up to a pledge to promote better speaker diversity at industry events. The pledge, developed by thinktank…
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HCA watching house completions post brexit
The HCA is keeping a “careful watch” after housing associations missed their forecast sales revenue by more than a quarter in the run-up to the…
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Latest HCA regulatory judgements
The HCA has put 5,500-home Saffron Housing Trust’s compliant governance grading under review The HCA downgraded the governance grading of North Devon Homes (NDH) from…
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JRF report 5 million adults lack basic literacy and numeracy skills
Five million adults are lacking basic reading, writing and numeracy skills essential to everyday life and being able to find and secure work, according…
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Impact of Pay to Stay on Council Tenant rents
Council tenants across England face rent hikes of £1,000 a year on average under the government’s Pay to Stay scheme, according to research. The…
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Tenants on Housing benefit and under 35 are hard to house
The application of the ‘Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap’ to social tenancies, which among other things severely restricts the amount of housing benefit that…