Housing Finance
The South Yorkshire Tenants and Residents Network is organising a day training event in Barnsley on 11th May 2010 on housing finance - there are twenty places available for Rotherham tenants and residents - contact us to book yours.
On 21st July 2009, Housing Minister John Healey "unveiled plans to dismantle the current council housing finance system and replace it with a clearer, more transparent system that puts councils firmly in control and better able to respond to the needs of local tenants and residents." The Department of Communities and Local Government have announced that "by freeing councils from the annual funding decisions in the current system, councils will be able to plan long term and improve the quality of services to their tenants. It will give councils greater capacity and freedom to respond to local needs and, in doing so, increase their responsibility and accountability to local tenants and residents."
Council Housing - Time to Invest - report from House of Commons Council Housing Group(August 2009)
My Rent Went To Whitehall - Position Paper is an excellent summary of the present state of Council house finance and a powerful argument for change.
