Introduction
The governance of social housing providers has been has been up for much debate in recent years. One of the key issues is the role that tenants should play in the running of social housing providers. Many housing professionals throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland believe that tenants should play a bigger role in the governance of social housing whilst others disagree with this and believe they should not.
This assignment will begin by describing what corporate governance is and the benefit of having good corporate governance. It then will describe what social housing is and the governance of social housing providers. The assignment will go on to describe the roles of the board and chair within housing associations. It will
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Housing associations are non-profit organisations with all their surplus funds being reinvested back into the organisation. They are also hybrid-public authorities this means that they act in the interest of the public, they have significant reliance of funding from private organisations and they are voluntary governing bodies. (McMenamin, C. 2009) Their hybrid financial model place housing association directly between the market and state.
Housing associations since 2009 became a public body after a decision made by the London’s court of appeal. Housing associations have shareholders that are the guardians of the housing associations short medium and long term objectives. Housing association also have association boards. The housing association board key principle is to ensure that the association is delivers it objectives, sets its strategic direction and that they should lead the housing association. The board must have a strategic roles and roles that cannot be delegated. A few examples of these are setting and approve policies, ensure the financial strength of the housing association and agreeing policies and decision that could cause risk to the housing association. (DSD.
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This allows the tenant to have a say and be consulted with. (The Scottish Government. 2014) Tenant participation started to take place in Britain post war towards the 1960s and early 1970s. The reason behind this was due to many tenants putting their trust in councils of building a better Britain. When these tenants were not satisfied with what the councils where doing this resulted in tenant’s action. An example of this came in Sheffield when no fewer than 23 tenant groups were formed to protest due to the lack of facilities changes to the rent rebate schemes and the failed to the promises of welfarism. The rises in rents lead to a number of rent strikes throughout the UK, cities such as Liverpool, Glasgow, Sheffield and London. (Shapely, P.
UNISON (2013). Scotland - Housing Policy June 2013 [PDF] Available at UNISON Scotland website; www.unison-scotland.org.uk/housing/MakingHomesForAFairerScotland_June2013.pdf
For those of us with warm roofs over our heads and groceries on the table the problem of affordable housing does not often surface. But for low-income families, where half the income can disappear simply trying to keep the family sheltered in an acceptable home, the problem is a daily one. President of the BRIDGE Housing Corporation Donald Terner and columnist Brad Terner argue that affordable housing is a problem that should involve everyone. From your local supermarket clerk to your child’s science teacher, the problem of affordable housing can affect us all.
This paper will be predominantly focusing on public housing within Ontario. Not only will it look at the basics of Ontario but examine more directly on Regent Park within Toronto. It will discuss what public housing is and the explanation for why it exists, the government housing programs that are present with regards to public housing and the results of the government programs. The Purpose of this essay is to argue that the problem of public housing will never
Question 2. Critically analyse the role of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) government legislation by reflecting on how they support equity for people who are homeless. The Commonwealth Government is working to improve and introduce a new National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) for 2018-2019. With State and Territory Governments, the new NHHA legalisation has the aim to improve and increase the supply of new homes.
With the aging population growing faster every year many families must make a difficult decision whether their loved ones should live in assisted living or nursing home facilities. I can relate because I made the decision to care for my mother at my home. Some people do not have the money or resources to care for their parent so they must live in a facility for health and safety reasons.
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Racial discrimination still lives in this country, especially in the housing market. This has become a major concern for racial minorities. The issues prevalence and persistence has created an almost overwhelming amount of socio-economic issues within racial minorities. This issue in particular has sparked many disputes on the topic of racism and whether it is even still an occurring issue. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has conducted several studies which revealed that discriminatory acts between potential home buyers and the property seller are still persistent. According to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, HUD conducted a test to see if these claims were viable: “[The test consisted of] well- qualified white and minority (black, Hispanic, and Asian) testers who contacted housing providers to schedule in-person meetings and view available units. Tests were conducted in 28 metropolitan areas across the country in both rental and sale markets” (“National Low-Income Housing Coalition”). The results of this test supported these assumptions because minority renters and white renters were equally able to make an appointment for a particular property. However, minority testers were explicitly told that there were fewer options available. There were instances where the housing providers were not willing to meet with them. It has also been reported for “both Black/ White and Hispanic/White tests an average incidence of [twelve percent] of steering that promoted racial/ethnic segregation” (George and Godfrey, 254) .There are many theories about why this discrimination type occurs. The most reoccurring theory is that racial minorities are assumed to be high-risk applicants in the real estate market. These p...
In this essay I will analyse the origins of Community Care and what benefits emerged when the NHS Community Care Act 1990 was established. Later on, I will explain and critically evaluate the effects of privatisation in social care and health.
seek to provide an understanding of the roles of social workers and the social work
Student outlines two social work interventions, including descriptions of the specific roles and tasks that a social worker would undertake to help to solve the problem.
This report gives the brief overview of the concept of corporate governance, its evolution and its significance in the corporate sector. The report highlights various key issues and concerns that are faced by the organizations while effectively implementing and promoting Corporate Governance.
Kennedy A. (2014) Castle Vale Housing Action Trust: Lessons in Regenerating Communities Lecture, University of Birmingham.
The concept of need is central to any discussion of housing, and particularly to how it is allocated and who gets it. Hence determinations of need have been used to allocate social housing, but also to decide on what new housing should be built and where it should be located. The importance of need as an argument is that it is directly opposite to the idea of market provision, which is based on the ability to pay. Need is where social criteria dominate rather than individual choice and commercial considerations.
Nottingham Trent University. (2013). Lecture 1 - An Introduction to Corporate Governance. Available: https://now.ntu.ac.uk/d2l/le/content/248250/viewContent/1053845/View. Last accessed 16th Dec 2013.
Throughout this essay the topics outlined are as follows .A brief definition of social policy. How social policy relates to social care on an academic subject level and finally the relevance of social policy in relation to social care work.