Implementing the Housing Regeneration Act 2008

We are holding a series of seminars on ‘Implementing the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008’ at venues in England during the autumn of 2008.

The Housing and Regeneration Act is due to be passed by Parliament later in 2008. This is perhaps the most important piece of housing legislation since the 1988 Housing Act and looks set to change the way in which new affordable housing is delivered in England and the way in which social housing is regulated.

This one-day course looks at the implications of the Act for local authorities and housing associations in England. The Act follows the decision of the government to raise the priority and increase the budgets relating to the provision of new affordable housing.

The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 sees the creation of the Homes and Communities Agency through a merger of English Partnership and the Housing Corporation with a key objective of increasing the scale and pace of new developments of affordable housing. The Agency would, by bringing together land and housing, and shifting from grant funding social housing to investing in infrastructure, support the regeneration and delivery of new social and affordable housing, both social and private, and deliver a strategic approach to regeneration.

A new Tenant Services Authority is to be established which will become the regulator of social housing and which will set the framework within which additional affordable housing is managed. The Act also provides the statutory basis for local authorities to leave the housing revenue account subsidy system.

What the Course will cover:

• Government Priorities and Policies for Social Housing
• Regulation of Social Housing and Registration of Social Housing Providers
• Housing and Communities Agency
• Tenant Services Authority
• Reform of Local Authority Housing Finance
• Disposal of Property
• Other Provisions

Venue and Date(s)

London: Ibis Hotel, Euston – Wednesday 17th September 2008

Midlands: Ibis Hotel (City Centre), Birmingham – Tuesday 23rd September 2008

Yorkshire: Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield – Wednesday 8th October 2008

Northwest: Haydock Park Racecourse, St. Helens - Wednesday 22nd October 2008

London: Novotel Hotel, Waterloo - Wednesday 12th November 2008

London: Novotel Hotel, Waterloo – Thursday 20th November 2008

East Midlands: Novotel Hotel (Nottingham & Derby), Long Eaton – Wednesday 26th November 2008

The course is accompanied by a very useful book entitled:

For more information contact us at the address below or click here to download our flyer