TENANT EMPOWERMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reports affecting Citizen Empowerment in chronological sequence

. 1975 Final Report of the Working Party on Housing Co-operatives Department of the Environment 1975

. 2003 Empowering Communities: The Community Gateway Model HACAS Chapman Hendy and Trowersd & Hamlins 2003. Purchase from the Chartered Institute of Housing
From an original proposal by Nic Bliss and Charlie Baker of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing

2004 January Making Tenant Empowerment Work: Capacity Building in the context of the Community Housing Mutual
Report by TPAS from Research funded through the Welsh Assembly Social Housing Management Programme

. 2008 July 9 Communities & Local Government White Paper Communities in Control: Real People, Real Power

Consultations in chronological sequence

Tenant Empowerment - A consultation paper 2007 June 19th. Closing 2007 september 11th.
This includes a draft of the Housing (Right to Manage) (England) Regulations 2007 which are expected to be released, with ammendments by 2008 April.

Tenant Empowerment: Analysis of consultation Responses 2007 December 12th.

An Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on Success 2007 October 19th
This looks like a report but contains within it a number of questions and seeks responses by 2008 January 19th.

The Empowerment Fund: Consultation on proposals for funding third sector organisations to empower communities across England 2008 July 9th
Seeks responses by 2008 September 30th.

UK Acts of Parliament in chronological sequence

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 C.12
Published from before 1988 this is available on the UK Statute Law Database. Subsequently amended by the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 c. 15. See below.

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
Published from before 1988 this is available on the UK Statute Law Database
Section 27 is quoted as the empowering legislation but it was subsequently ammended by first the Housing and Planning Act 1989 sections 10 and 11 and then the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Planning Act 1993 sections 129 - 133

Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63)
Sections 10 & 11 ammended section 27 of the Housing Act 1985 (c.68) above
Section 16 gives power to fund agencies to aid tenants wishing to be empowered. Hence Section 16 agencies are agencies licensed by the Housing Corporation to act in this way.

Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28)
sections 129 - 133 ammend section 27 of the Housing Act 1985 (c.68) above

Housing Act 1996 (c.52)
makes provisions with regard to grants

Co-operatives and Community benefit Societies Act 2003 (c.15)
An Act to enable the law relating to co-operatives and community benefit societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 to be amended so as to bring it into conformity with certain aspects of the law relating to companies; to permit a registered society whose business is conducted for the benefit of the community to provide that its assets are dedicated permanently for that purpose; and forconnected purposes.

UK Statutory Instruments and Regulations in chronological sequence

The Housing (Right to Manage) Regulations 1994 Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 627
Due to be superceded by the Housing (Right to Manage) Regulations 2008 on or about 2008 April

The Regulatory Reform (Housing Management Agreements) Order 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 940
Supercedes just Section 27 Housing Act 1985 setting out the use of a management agreement

The Right to Manage (Prescribed Particulars and Forms) (England) Regulations 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 1988

Resources to download, grouped according to source alphabetically

Communities and Local Government (CLG)

Modular Management Agreement for Tenant Management Organisations: Volume 1
Out of print but available as a download

Right to Manage: Modular Guidance Management Agreement for Tenant Management Organisations - Guidance on the schedules : Volume 2
£7 as hard copy but available as a download

Financial Services Authority (FSA)

Guidance on the registration of Benefit of the Community Societies under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. [PDF | 147 KB ] pub 2007 August 06
Guidance includes an application form. Industrial & Provident Societies often used for Tenant management Organisations in the past.

Information on the registration of bona fide co-operatives under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. [PDF | 97 KB ] pub 2006 September 12
Guidance includes an application form. Provides an alternative to Industrial & Provident Societies best to read with the above.

Housing Corporation

List of currently approved Section 16 Agents
Presumably the list of Approved Assessors will not be a dissimilar list