Metropolitan Housing Partnership National Residents' Group

WELCOME! This website is for MHP customers (residents, tenants, leaseholders, service users etc) who want to learn more about partnership involvement activities and the services provided, as well as contact each other to share information and talk about mutual ideas and concerns. We hope that you also find it a useful resource for other general information.

The content is decided by the National Resident Group and is overseen by our website co-ordinator Daniel Happi. We hope you will enjoy the opportunity to discuss topics of interest in the Forum. Please contact us to let us know what you think and notify us of any topics which you would like to see added to the list..

 

New regular NRG feature in Everyone magazine The group met with members of the Communicatons department at MHP recently and arranged for a regular feature to be included in all future publications of Everyone in order to better promote the valuable work they are involved in. They will also be writing a blog on the member organisation websites. Recruitment of 3 new NRG members At a recent meeting, 9 members of the current group elected to stay on for another term, and it was decided that there will be interviews in November for another 3 posts. More details to follow regarding the recruitment process.   Tenant Services Authority Local Standards The TSA has received 500 consultation repsonses on its new regulatory framework. .From April 1, the TSA becomes the first housing regulator to govern both housing associations and councils, and is recommending more co-regulation and the development of local standards. Read more about Inside Housing's interpretation of the responses. .

MHP Resident Involvement Impact Assessment 2008/2009 MHP's Impact Assessment sets out MHP's aims and objectives for Resident Involvement at the beginning of the year and sets out what was has been achieved. (1 April to 30 March) All member organisations also have their own versions. The 2009/10 version will be available shortly. Fix My Street website Fix My Street is a nationwide site for reporting neighbourhood problems such as streetlamps not working, fly-tipping and pot holes in your local area. These issues are then reported to the relevant authority or council. The site claims to have been responsible for the 'fixing' of over 1,000 problems in September. NRG development training The NRG have completed the second year of their development training with Engage Associates. This training was devised by the group, building on last year's work, and also included reviewing their Terms of Reference and key documents: the Constitution, Code of Conduct and Diversity and Equality statement. The group will now decide on the content of their third year of training and how the new members will be included in this..