Local Authority Housing Panel
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Radical dismantling of council housing finance announced
The announcement on 30 June by Housing Minister John Healey confirms the Government’s intention “to dismantle the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy system and replace it with a devolved system of responsibility and funding”. Details of just how this might be done will be published in a consultation document to be issued “before the summer recess”, ie, by 21 July. Click here to read more on this important news...
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HRA Subsidy Review - Latest and what LAs should do now...
The Review’s findings are expected to be published in the spring of this year, with a 12 week consultation period to follow. What steps should local authorities be taking now in preparation for the Review’s report and consultation? Clearly, in considering best how to respond to the consultation, local authorities will want to look at the facts around how their own position is likely to change under the different options. Authorities might therefore want to suggest to CLG that indicative funding figures for their areas be included in the consultation documents. And for their own part, local authorities would be well advised to consider seriously undertaking a stock condition survey as soon as possible. Up to date hard data on stock condition could prove invaluable when it comes to considering the need for real investment and the options before them in the Review consultation documents.
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Local Authority Housing Newsletter
Click here to download the latest edition of the Panel's newsletter. Local Authority Housing Newsletter: This issue includes the Government’s recent announcement on Council Rent increases, a short update on the HRA Subsidy Review with some suggestions on what authorities could be doing now to prepare for the Review consultation and a short item on the current CLG Consultation on Excluding New Council Housing from HRA Subsidy and Pooling. There is also some information about forthcoming CIPFA events and about the Housing Panel. To subscribe to this free newsletter please email julian.smith@cipfa.org.
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Volunteer Feedback Survey
We are always eager to hear existing (and potential) panel members' views on how we can help support you better.
The Volunteer Survey offers a formal mechanism for you to feed back your views to CIPFA.
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Would you like to join CIPFA’s Local Authority Housing Panel?
At a time when affordable housing is high on the national policy agenda, CIPFA’s Local Authority Housing Panel is playing an active part in the development of ideas for the future financing of social housing and related policies. The Panel meets 3 to 4 times a year and is responsible for all financial management and policy issues that affect local authority housing. In particular, the Panel:
- develops Institute responses to Government, professional bodies' and other bodies' consultation/discussion papers and exposure drafts
- develops, promotes and maintains best practice, standards and guidelines
- produces and disseminates relevant advice and material for members and employers in local authority housing
- establishes positive and productive professional relationships with Government, government departments and agencies, the national audit bodies, professional regulators and other bodies falling within the Panel's defined areas of responsibility.
If you feel you could contribute to the Panel’s thinking and activities and would like to be considered for membership of the Panel, in the first instance please contact julian.smith@cipfa.org with a short summary of your CV and of your reasons for interest in joining the Panel.
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