Boards, chairs and regulators
Housing association governance and regulation.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- Foundations of Social Housing
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Housing associations are independent, yet held to account through a formal system of regulation. This module explains co-regulation, where the board comes first and the regulator last, and compares the arm's length Regulator of Social Housing in England with direct regulation by Welsh Government. It examines the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, its three new powers and Awaab's Law, alongside the Welsh Housing Quality Standard. This module focuses on what is genuinely distinctive about governing a housing association, rather than repeating generic board theory. It explores the mix of executive and non-executive directors, tenant board members voting in the boardroom, and the roles of chair and chief executive, both appointed and neither elected. The National Housing Federation board and Clarion Housing Group provide real, current examples of sector practice.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain the co-regulation model and why the board, not the regulator, is the first line of assurance.
- Compare regulation in England and Wales and describe the three new regulator powers introduced by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023.
- Distinguish board responsibility, regulator powers and tenant rights, including how hazard timescales differ between England and Wales.
- Identify the three distinctive features of a housing association board, including tenant board members with full voting rights.
- Distinguish the chair's role in leading and challenging the board from the chief executive's role in leading staff.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 03Governance and Regulation: England and WalesHousing associations are independent, yet held to account through a formal system of regulation. This module explains co-regulation, where the board comes first and the regulator last, and compares the arm's length Regulator of Social Housing in England with direct regulation by Welsh Government. It examines the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, its three new powers and Awaab's Law, alongside the Welsh Housing Quality Standard.39 min
- 04Boards and Executives: The Chair, the Chief Executive and the HA BoardThis module focuses on what is genuinely distinctive about governing a housing association, rather than repeating generic board theory. It explores the mix of executive and non-executive directors, tenant board members voting in the boardroom, and the roles of chair and chief executive, both appointed and neither elected. The National Housing Federation board and Clarion Housing Group provide real, current examples of sector practice.37 min
Keep going.
Part of the Foundations of Social Housing topic, also sold whole as A home, not a unit.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, How social landlords are run, 4 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- Explore, Running a social landlord, 5 hours, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
- The whole topicImmerse, A home, not a unit, 9 hours, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
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