Governance

These documents are designed to help housing associations make sure they are properly governed. This includes issues like recruiting and appointing board members, making sure the organisation operates to high standards of probity and protects public investment, and ensuring equal opportunities.

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Good Practice Note 16: Working with local authorities
29 Apr 2008
This Good Practice Note aims to promote more effective joint working between housing associations and local authorities, to encourage wider thinking and to generate improved practice. April 2008
Good Practice Note 15: Demonstrating internal controls assurance in housing associations
30 Jan 2008
These guidance notes expand upon various considerations relating to internal controls assurance that a board might consider in establishing its internal controls strategy.
Good Practice Note 8: Equality and diversity
26 Nov 2007
This Good Practice Note consolidates and replaces the Corporation's previous GPN 4: Race Equality and Diversity (2002) and GPN 8: Equality and Diversity (2004).
Good Practice Note 5: Board member remuneration
28 Jun 2007
The Housing Corporation has increased the maximum amount that associations may pay their officers, from £20,000 (set in 2003) to £25,000 in line with inflation.
Good Practice Note 3: Maintaining standards of probity
31 May 2007
In this note, we highlight the importance of conforming to the requirements of Schedule 1. Revised May 2007
Good Practice Note 7: External audit of housing associations
31 May 2007
This updated note incorporates changes that have happened since November 2003
How We Regulate 2: Risk based regulation
27 Mar 2007
This guide explains what the Corporation means by risk based regulation, and how we apply principles of risk in our regulatory activities. Re-issue March 2007
How We Regulate 8: New stock transfer associations
27 Mar 2007
This publication focuses on the application of our risk-based regulatory approach to our work with new stock transfer associations. It should be read in conjunction with others in the series describing our wider regulatory approach. March 2007
Good Practice Note 11: Making Groups Work
30 Nov 2006
Guidance on group structures and the obligations in our Regulatory Code. Revised November 2006.
A viable proposition
31 Jul 2006
Assessing the financial viability of low and negative value stock transfers

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