Inside the boardroom
Housing association committees and decisions.
- 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
A board meets only a handful of times a year, so it needs committees for depth. This module explains the anatomy of a committee, the National Housing Federation pattern and Clarion Housing Group's four board committees plus a resident committee. It covers terms of reference, quorum and reporting, the benefits and risks of committees, and the principle that delegation is not abdication: the committee scrutinises, the board decides. Housing associations, councils and companies can share the same vocabulary of board, executive and committees, yet their accountability differs. This module sets out the cycle of board, executive and committee, what the board actually decides, and how an appointed, not-for-profit, asset-locked association compares with a council and a plc. It presents the association as a genuine third way, accountable to regulator, funders and tenants.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain why housing association boards delegate to committees and describe the four elements that make a committee trustworthy.
- Compare the purposes of audit, remuneration, treasury, development and resident committees, and identify why a resident committee is distinctive.
- Assess whether a committee structure gives real depth of scrutiny while the full board keeps the final decision.
- Describe the cycle of board decision, executive implementation and committee assurance, and identify which decisions belong with the board.
- Compare decision making and accountability in a housing association, a council and a public limited company.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 05Committees in Practice: Audit, Remuneration, Treasury and Resident VoiceA board meets only a handful of times a year, so it needs committees for depth. This module explains the anatomy of a committee, the National Housing Federation pattern and Clarion Housing Group's four board committees plus a resident committee. It covers terms of reference, quorum and reporting, the benefits and risks of committees, and the principle that delegation is not abdication: the committee scrutinises, the board decides.39 min
- 06Decision Making in a Housing AssociationHousing associations, councils and companies can share the same vocabulary of board, executive and committees, yet their accountability differs. This module sets out the cycle of board, executive and committee, what the board actually decides, and how an appointed, not-for-profit, asset-locked association compares with a council and a plc. It presents the association as a genuine third way, accountable to regulator, funders and tenants.40 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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- Tenants as true partnersRegulatory judgements, viability and tenants1 hour 15 minutes£39
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