A research report said that the introduction of tenant participation compacts had raised the profile of tenant participation in many local authorities, and there was evidence to show that in many cases this was creating more equal partnerships between officers, members and tenants.
Source: Interim Evaluation of Tenant Participation Compacts, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Summary (pdf)
Date: 2003-Oct
A report by a housing consultancy argued that tenant involvement should remain a priority for landlords even after stock transfer. The study (commissioned by the Housing Corporation) was based on 40 detailed interviews with tenants, tenant and other board members, tenant association representatives and staff from eight transfers in the north of England.
Source: Time for Tenants Post-Transfer?, Weedon Grant Ltd (01924 274100)
Links: Report (pdf) | Housing Corporation press release
Date: 2003-Aug
Researchers investigated how social landlords resourced and regulated tenants /residents organisations in their area. They concluded that landlords could promote trust by devising and operating rules and regulations (including those relating to resources) independently of either party, along the lines of a new system developed in Scotland.
Source: Joan Beckford, Alethea Dougal, Liz Millward and Barbara Reid, Encouraging Participation: Toolkit for tenants and social landlords, Chartered Institute of Housing (020 7833 9712) for Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Links: JRF Findings 643
Date: 2003-Jun
An interim evaluation was published of the 'Innovation Into Action Programme' (introduced in 2000 as part of the government s tenant empowerment grant programme). The evaluation reviewed the experiences of participants in the programme; assessed the impact of the programme in terms of tenant participation, housing management, social inclusion, innovation and value for money; and identified good practice and lessons for effective promotion of tenant involvement.
Source: Interim Evaluation of the Innovation Into Action Programme, Housing Research Summary 187, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (fax: 020 7944 4527)
Links: Report (pdf) | Summary
Date: 2003-May