News
12 December 2008 - The Chief Executive MHP sends consultation questionnaires to the MHP wide resident customer panel
On Friday 12th December Bill Payne sent a consultation questionnaire to all members of the MHP wide resident customer panel, a scene-setting exercise, with an aim to identify customer’s service priorities.
The results will, of course, be fed back to all the member organisations when they are available.
If you have any queries regarding the questionnaire they should be directed to Louise Craven in the Resident Involvement team on Tel. 020 8976 1058.
30 November 2008 - The Housing Corporation ceases operation
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 established two new agencies:
The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) will act as a new watchdog for social tenants. The TSA, led by the Chief Executive Peter Marsh, will regulate social housing landlords. It will also listen to tenants concerns and use its powers to make sure tenants receive a good service. Empowering people is the cornerstone of the Government's recent White Paper Communities in Control and the TSA is just one way in which tenants will have a greater say in running of their communities.
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) will bring together responsibility for both the land and the money to deliver new housing, community facilities and infrastructure. As from early December 2008, the HCA, headed by Sir Bob Kerslake, will ensure that homes are built in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable way. The HCA also has a key role to play in regenerating communities. It will base its regeneration approach on the Government's regeneration framework - Transforming Places; Changing Lives. This will ensure decisions on regeneration are made as locally as possible, and that access to jobs is a key decider in the location of new social housing.
23 September 2008 – The Chief Executive MHP releases a consultation paper regarding the ‘simplification of company structure within the MHP group’
This paper has been drafted by the Chief Executive of MHP, Bill Payne, in order to deal with the high level strategic need for a clearer group structure. The NRG will be feeding back to Bill with their comments in due course. More...