Compare/Contrast of Two Housing Regulatory Reports

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The paper will look to contrast and compare two housing regulatory reports by highlighting good practice with regard to service delivery. The chosen reports were Housing Association Regulatory Assessment Merthyr Valleys Homes and Housing Association Regulatory Assessment Mid Wales Housing Association Ltd, both published in 2013.
It seems that both Associations have a large number of houses that tend to the needs of various groups of people of all ages such as single, elderly, impaired, families and their main objectives are to provide affordable rented homes and to support tenants throughout their stay, being it temporarily or permanently.
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The Merthyr Valleys HA (MVHA) appears to not have a current development programme, so the first objective does not apply to this certain Housing Association. On the other hand, Mid Wales HA (MWHA) has new schemes and it is able to demonstrate their financial viability due to high quality homes that have led to good tenant satisfaction (although some tenants have observed that the eco features do not deliver the promised benefits). The second objective set by the Associations is with regards to fairness and equality and it showcases that both HA have worked towards adapting homes according to the tenants’ needs. Both Associations work to keep empty homes to a minimum with the MWHA trying to maximise the number of available homes and the MVHA acknowledging the need to considerably increase its housing stock. MWHA is open to improvement and identifies the need to do more in respect to equality and diversity and house allocation, as well as enhance its working relationship with other organisations in order to alleviate and prevent homelessness. The third objective is effective mana...

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...] Available at: nihe.gov.uk/third_sector_housing_partnerships_final_report.pdf [Accessed 15/01/14]

4. Pearl, M. (1996) Social Housing Management: A critical appraisal, London, Macmillan

5. Social Housing Partnership (2008) Effective working between local authorities and housing associations to prevent, tackle and respond to homelessness [Online] Available at: chcymru.org.uk/uploads/general/making_headway_toolkit.pdf [Accessed 15/01/14]

6. UK Government (2010) English Housing Survey 2008 to 2009: Household Report [Online] Available at: gov.uk/government/publications/english-housing-survey-2008-to-2009-household-report [Accessed 15/01/14]
7. Welsh Government (2013) The Regulatory Framework for Housing Associations Registered in Wales [Online] Available at: wales.gov.uk/topics/housing-and-regeneration/services-and-support/regulation/?lang=en [Accessed 15/01/14]

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