How social landlords are run
Social housing governance and regulation.
A focused around four hours on how social landlords are governed: sector history, co-regulation in England and Wales, Awaab's Law and the work of the board.
- Level
- Focus
- Learning time
- 4 hours
- Where
- Foundations of Social Housing
- Price
- £69
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Certificate of Completion, or Certificate of Completion and Assessment with a short assessment
Overview and Outcomes.
Who It's For
Board members, senior officers and partners in social housing
Overview
Much of how social housing works today is a legacy of earlier choices, and leaders who know that history govern better. How social landlords are run traces the sector from Victorian philanthropy and Octavia Hill, through the Addison Act and the Right to Buy, to the Housing Act 1988 and the wave of Large Scale Voluntary Transfers. It then explains co-regulation in England and Wales, the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and Awaab's Law, before looking inside the housing association: tenant board members, the chair and chief executive, the committee system, and how decisions are made in an asset-locked, not-for-profit body.
Aims
This programme aims to give board members, senior officers and partners a clear grasp of how social landlords are governed and held to account, so they can read the sector's structures with confidence, recognise where responsibility really sits and contribute to sound board-level decisions in England or Wales.
In summary, you will be able to:
- Explain how the history of social housing, from Victorian philanthropy to stock transfer, shaped today's council and housing association landlords in England and Wales.
- Compare co-regulation in England and Wales and distinguish the responsibilities of the board, the regulator and tenants under the 2023 Act and Awaab's Law.
- Assess whether a housing association's board, committees and executive divide decisions and scrutiny in a way that keeps accountability clear.
What you'll develop
Through this Focus course, you will build the ability to:
- Place the major landmarks in the history of social housing in order, from Victorian philanthropy to the Housing Act 1988.
- Explain what Large Scale Voluntary Transfer is, why it emerged and how the tenant ballot shaped it.
- Explain the co-regulation model and why the board, not the regulator, is the first line of assurance.
- Identify the three distinctive features of a housing association board, including tenant board members with full voting rights.
- Explain why housing association boards delegate to committees and describe the four elements that make a committee trustworthy.
- Describe the cycle of board decision, executive implementation and committee assurance, and identify which decisions belong with the board.
Built from 3 parts.
4 hours of learning.
- 01Where social housing came fromHistory of social housing and LSVT landlordsBitesize2 modules
- 02Boards, chairs and regulatorsHousing association governance and regulationBitesize2 modules
- 03Inside the boardroomHousing association committees and decisionsBitesize2 modules
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 hereFocus, 4 hours, £69
- Next stepExplore, Running a social landlord, 5 hours, £129. Already own the Focus? You pay £60.
- The whole topicImmerse, A home, not a unit, 9 hours, £249. Already own the Focus? You pay £180.
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
Also part of: Leading homes and communities