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Governance & Regulation

Role of Board

Wansbeck Homes is constituted as an Industrial and Provident Society with Charitable Rules. The governing body is the Board of Management made up entirely of volunteer members.

The Board comprises of 15 members

The Board retains ultimate control over all aspects of Wansbeck Homes work ensuring financial and legal responsibilities are fulfilled. This includes compliance with the Tenant Services Authority Regulatory Code.

The powers of the Board are wide and, although particular functions may be delegated to a sub-committee or to the Management Team and staff, the Board retains the responsibility for making sure those functions are properly carried out.

The role of the Board is to provide direction in setting policies and ensuring that Wansbeck Homes maintains financial stability, achieves efficiency and follows good practice. The ultimate responsibility for the running of the business lies with the Board.

Currently all Board Members are unpaid volunteers, although they do receive reasonable out of pocket expenses. All Board Members undertake regular training to provide them with the skills and expertise to make sure that Wansbeck Homes is properly governed.

Become A Shareholder

Wansbeck Homes wants its tenants and leaseholders to play a full and active part in the democratic running of the Association therefore any tenant or leaseholder may apply to be an Ordinary Shareholding Member of the Association. For further information on becoming a shareholder please contact us.

 

Tenant Services Authority


The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is the independent regulator for affordable housing in England whose aim is to improve access to good-quality housing and improve the standard of service for tenants and residents.

As the new regulator, they have taken a radically different approach to regulating a sector that provides homes for more than eight million people in over four million homes.
In April 2010 the TSA introduced a new Regulatory Framework for Social Housing which adopts a co-regulatory approach to monitoring compliance with the new framework. This will result in a balance between direct regulation by the TSA and self regulation by landlords, which must include an honest and robust self assessment that is evidence based, and subject to tenant scrutiny of performance.
The new Regulatory Framework requires Registered Providers to demonstrate compliance with six National Standards;

All standards (except for the Governance and Financial Viability) have the requirement that, as well as compliance with the prescribed National Standard providers must also set out their local service ‘offer’ to tenants and that tenants must be involved in the development, monitoring and scrutiny of these ‘local offers’.
Local ‘offers’ cannot vary compliance with National Standards but should complement these. Local offers must be in place by 1st April 2011 and Bernicia Group will begin consulting with customers on developing ‘local offers’ during the summer of 2010.

Download a copy of the Tenant Services Authority Charter.

 

Homes & Communities Agency (HCA)

The main remit of the HCA will be to improve the supply and quality of housing in England; to secure the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure in England; and to support in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities in England or their continued well-being. The Homes and Community Agency will also be a new delivery partner for Local Authorities; supporting them in strategic place-making and helping to create and shape prosperous and cohesive communities.