In this version of an artilce published in The Guardian ,here we take a look at whether incentive and reward schems for residents could help.
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With the outcome of DWP pilots to date pointing towards decreases in rent collection and increasing resources required to collect rent, could revisiting the benefits of incentive and reward schemes be one of the tools in the box to help maintain the viability and values of the sector? In this version of an artilce published in The Guardian ,here we take a look at whether incentive and reward schems for residents could help.
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Cash is King? Many social landlords are stockpiling cash and increasing bad debt provisions, but just how prepared and able to cope with welfare reform is the sector? Will it push some organisations to the wall and test the viability of the sector? In this article we take a detailed look at the last full set of the registered social landlord sector’s global accounts published earlier this year to find out.
Albert Einstein said “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it”. The idea of social landlords reducing rents by reclassifying properties for those to be hit by the bedroom tax may seem absurd, but do the maths; think of the social and economic consequences for existing tenants and the areas they live in, and it becomes less absurd, and more of a rational response. In this article, an abridged version of which was first published in The Guardian, we examine the maths and the wider context for whether landlords should pass on the bedroom tax to under occupying tenants.
With the summer recess and spectacle of sport now well and truly over, it’s back to business across the housing sector, with many challenges ahead in the coming months. Welfare reform and the Green Deal are key issues, but looming amongst them all is how to demonstrate compliance with the new value for money regulatory standard & judgement. In keeping with our 'Einstein' themes this month, if you’re interested in a unique balanced scorecard for Vfm which makes everything simple, but not simpler,read on.
The debate over how social landlords should use the government's green deal to improve the energy efficiency of their stock and save tenants money has been rumbling along for over a year now, but has the sector missed the elephant in the room? asks Charlotte Vinther.
In June 2012, we undertook a critical friend review of Bron Afon Community Housing's income management service - to ensure income recovery strategies, policies, procedures and processes were in the best possible position to prepare both for going live as one of the DWP Direct Payment Demonstration Project, and the wider challenges of welfare reform. This case study highlights the outcomes and benefits - which all organisations could realise.
Economic Regulation of Social Housing: Top Tips To Prepare For The New Value for Money Standard2/4/2012 Economic Regulation of social housing by the HCA officially commenced this week, with a remit outlined in the new regulatory standards published on 27th March to ‘protect historic government subsidy, promote access to private finance, and help address the lack of competitive pressures on providers which might otherwise put pressure on service quality and efficiency.' In this briefing, updated based on the new regulatory standards, we set out the basis of economic regulation, what it will look like, and provide top tips to help organisations and their boards prepare for and deliver against the new value for money standard.
In the final House of Lords Debate on the Welfare Reform Bill, Lord Freud summed up proceedings by stating ‘It is essential that all those affected, whether directly or indirectly, understand how the change will affect them so that they can take action well before April 2013’. Matthew Bailes, Head of Regulation at the HCA, has also recently stated that providers need to manage the risks and issues for tenants as soon as they can. To help all landlords prepare for the changes and manage the risks, we’ve teamed up with our partner Landlord Information Network to offer a truly comprehensive package which will help all landlords to calculate and prepare for the impact welfare reform will have on their business. Visit our welfare reform page or download the brochure below for further details.
Given the current economic environment, and the challenges awaiting the social housing sector in 2013 through welfare reform, it’s not surprising that one of the latest sector surveys highlights that 93% of organisations are actively cutting costs and 20% think they will need to lower service standards as a result.
If you’re one of these organisations, or you think you will need to be over the course of the next year in preparation for welfare reform, how do you know where and how much to cut costs or service standards by, or what the impact will be on the other key Vfm issues of performance and customer satisfaction? Following its final ping-pong between the House of Commons and House of Lords, and passage onto the statute books, in this article we sum up all the key welfare reform changes which will have an impact on housing organisations and their customers, and the key implications to help in preparing for them.
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