The TSA neighbourhood and community
standard & local co-operation
Councils with ALMOs Group
26 March 2010
Gill Leng - Exec Director Strategic Housing
Outcomes
An understanding of the implications of the
neighbourhood and community standard for
councils
As strategic housing authorities
As landlords with ALMOs
Ideas for action that could be taken as individual
authorities or collectively
Focus is particularly on the local co-operation
outcome
What should registered providers do?
Neighbourhood management
keep the neighbourhood and communal areas associated with the
homes that they own clean and safe. They shall work in partnership
with their tenants and other providers and public bodies where it is
effective to do so.
Local area co-operation
co-operate with relevant partners to help promote social,
environmental and economic well being in the areas where they own
properties.
Anti-social behaviour
work in partnership with other public agencies to prevent and tackle
anti-social behaviour in the neighbourhoods where they own homes.
Local area co-operation
Having taken account of their presence and impact
within the areas where they own properties, shall:
identify and publish the roles they are able to play within
the areas where they have properties
co-operate with Local Strategic Partnerships and
strategic housing functions of local authorities where
they are able to assist them in achieving their objectives
Strategic housing objective
To prevent homelessness
How can providers assist in achieving this objective?
What do we know about providers and their ability to assist
with the objective?
Proportionate?
Council landlord?
What involvement should strategic housing authorities have
Establishing the provider’s role?
Measuring the contribution providers make?
Is there a role for other partners in this?
Community objective
To reduce anti-social behaviour
How can providers assist in achieving this objective?
What do we know about providers and their ability to assist
with the objective?
Proportionate?
Council landlord?
What involvement should strategic housing authorities have
Establishing the provider’s role?
Measuring the contribution providers make?
Is there a role for other partners in this?
Partnership objective
To improve economic performance
How can providers assist in achieving this objective?
What do we know about providers and their ability to assist
with the objective?
Proportionate?
Council landlord?
What involvement should strategic housing authorities have
Establishing the provider’s role?
Measuring the contribution providers make?
Is there a role for other partners in this?
The right environment for landlords?
As a strategic housing authority
Are we clear with others about what our objectives are?
Are we clear about what success looks like and how we might
measure this?
About providers
Do we know enough about providers to know what they can and
can’t do?
Do we have the right relationships with providers to enable a better
understanding?
As a landlord
Are our expectations of our own landlord different?
Do we have the right relationships with our landlord to enable a
better understanding?
Local?
Co-operation = administrative boundaries?
But TSA not defined elsewhere: landlords can
consider obligations under co-operation
consider whether offer improved by participating in area offer
no regulatory obligation to agree local offer (previously local
standard)
If desirable for co-operation to relate to other ‘local’ areas
what does this mean?
Local authority as a landlord with ALMO
Is your own landlord function ‘co-operating’ with you in your
strategic role?
Context – strategic objectives for the area, not organisation
Democratically accountable and public sector organisation:
local authority governance and local authority finances
Different local authority and partner expectations
Different support
Regulation
Audit Commission governance and viability
ALMOs who are also landlords?
How do we ensure the ALMO is operating in a way that
supports the expectations of us as landlords?
Measuring success, managing performance
How can we measure success in co-operation?
Providers
Our own landlord role
ALMO as property manager
How can we measure our own success in cooperation?
As strategic housing authority
Strategic partners
Roles of others
Need to be clear about role and relationships with
TSA
Audit Commission
Providers, own landlord function and ALMO
Other strategic partners
With strategic housing authority in relation to
Providers?
Own landlord?
ALMO?
With local authority as landlord?
With other strategic partners?
Next steps?
What will you do from today?
Questions and comments
Gill Leng
Executive Director, Strategic Housing Services
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07872 198173