Governance

Housing Corporation circular 'Internal controls assurance' (number 25/01) sets out our requirements with regard to board assurance on internal control. The circular replaces the previous Code of Audit Practice and various circulars, and places responsibility on housing associations to determine how their boards obtain assurance on internal control.

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

There is nothing new about the idea that providers of social housing ought to be able to facilitate insurance arrangements for their tenants that are cheap and easy to manage.

In autumn 1999 the Housing Corporation commissioned a review of risk management practices in 10 RSLs. The aim of the project was to publicise good practice. This study draws on the findings of the review.

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