Published in its draft corporate plan 2010-13, the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) set out its priorities for the next three years, which include:
The plan also highlights key achievements during the first year of the TSA and details actions for 2010-11, including:
Chief Executive Peter Marsh said:
"In our first 14 months, we've developed a radically different approach to regulating social housing landlords who provide homes for more than eight million people.
"Now we're setting out our key priorities for the next three years - how we intend to secure a fair deal for tenants, protect the taxpayer and deliver modern and effective regulation. This plan sets out our vision for social housing regulation - it's a framework for action."
New skills research commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) indicates that many housing organisations may be under-prepared to meet the challenge of the Tenant Services Authority's (TSA) new regulatory framework for social housing from April.
The research, undertaken by an independent research company on behalf of CIH, involved in-depth surveys with 150 human resource professionals and senior housing executives working in ALMOs, housing associations and stock holding local authorities.
Respondents were asked what impact the introduction of the TSA, and its new regulatory system, would have on their organisation.
With just a few months to go before the introduction of the regulatory framework, almost a half of respondents (45%) considered the TSA would have minimal impact on their organisation, or were still unsure what the likely impact would be on their organisation. Overall just over one third of all respondents (36%) stated they thought the TSA would have an impact or a major impact on their organisation.
The CIH has already welcomed the introduction of TSA's regulatory framework, in particular:
