All You Want To Know About Local Authority Housing Finance

Aim

The course will consider how retention and ALMO authorities can prepare sustainable HRA business plans that meet the government’s ‘fit for purpose’ criteria in the context of the ‘efficiency agenda’.

Content

This course will include coverage on:

• ‘Fit for Purpose’ Housing Revenue Account Business Planning that dovetails with the Housing Strategy and Asset Management Plan
• Proactive preparation of the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan including the financial model
• The Efficiency Agenda – Annual Efficiency Statements and Key Lines of Enquiry
• Preparing for inspection and lessons learned by a three star arms length management organisation
• What is good practice, what are the potential implications of high performing authorities withdrawing from the housing revenue account and what does the future hold

Outcomes

Attendees will leave with the knowledge they need to work on determining how a sustainable business plan can be produced to meet government requirments.

Who Should Attend

Those who are involved in determining the future of Retention and ALMO authorities.