Treading the Boards looks at the challenges facing the Boards of housing associations and examines the crucial relationship between voluntary members and paid management.rn

This study seeks to establish the current profile of BME RSLs

Geographical information systems (GIS) can be useful in helping to inform decisions on resource allocation to meet housing need. Working from census and other survey data, enhanced with detailed information of stock location, means that GIS can provide a desktop tool at a moderate cost.

This Sector Study sets out some of the findings of research conducted for the Housing Corporation by Tony Champion and Tania Ford at the University of Newcastle as part of their ESRC Cities Programme project 'Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities'.

Registered social landlords (RSLs) across the country should monitor their rents in relation to the costs of owner occupation not just house prices as it is costs not prices which determine choice.

Continuing shortfalls in the race equality performance of RSLs, despite 20 years of race equality initiatives are highlighted by this research which assesses how far RSLs meet the needs of BME communities.

Contains findings of a housing association tenant survey conducted by Market & Opinion Research International (MORI) on behalf of the Housing Corporation.

Over the next few years powerful social, political an market forces will affect the way that social housing is organised, deliver and funded. The roles of both Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and local authorities are likely to change substantially, and with them the roles and expectations of regulators and funders.

The Code of Practice on Tenure was first introduced in October 1996. The Code gave RSLs a general dispensation for the use of assured shorthold tenancies in a number of circumstances. This revision of the Code reflects current practice, changes in legislation and The Housing Corporation's Performance Standards for Registered Social Landlords

The Housing Corporation's guidance on the application of best value to registered social landlords