As the housing Associations move to a new regulation regime in Wales, being recommended by the Essex Review of affordable housing published last June. The Wales Audit Office has produced the results of a series of larger housing association inspections undertaken in Wales. Entitled Lessons from Inspection 2005-2008. The review brings together findings from 29 inspections based against key criteria such as relationships with tenants. equal opportunities, lettings and maintenance of rented properties. The report highlights some weaknesses of housing regulation and inspection.
Steve Clarke, Policy and Projects Coordinator for the Welsh Tenants Federation said, "We welcome the review as a valuable contribution to the changing regulation and inspection regime in Wales. Clearly there are areas for improvement. We need to gain a better understanding of what successful housing service delivery looks like in Wales and how tenants expectations of housing service quality are delivered on the ground. There needs to be more transparency of the cost of that service delivery and the benefits it produces when seeking to make improvements to our homes and communities. The report highlights some of these issues and will no doubt help shape future regulation and inspection of the sector".
A copy of the report can be found at:
http://www.wao.gov.uk/assets/englishdocuments/Lessons_from_HA_inspection_eng.pdf
Alternatively you can contact Mark Woods on 029 2032 0520 or email mark.woods@wao.gov.uk for a hard copy.
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