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National Tenant Voice begins to take shape
| Published | 12 February 2009 |
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Plans for the new independent National Tenant Voice (NTV), which will give tenants a say on the housing issues affecting them, were published this week and have been accepted by Ministers.
The proposals suggested by tenants include a National Tenant Council made up of 50 social housing tenants from across the country to advise the NTV Board on issues concerning them.
Most importantly for tenants, the new proposals outline the roles and responsibilities of the National Tenant Voice including:
- enabling or facilitating tenants to speak for themselves to influence national policy
- undertaking and commissioning research to ensure that the views and experiences of tenants, particularly those who are not in tenants organisations, are taken into account
- supporting national and regional tenants organisations - helping build and strengthen tenants organisations at regional and national level
- developing new ways of speaking to and listening to the views of tenants
Welcoming the proposals, Communities Minister Iain Wright said:
"The National Tenant Voice will give tenants a real opportunity to have their views heard at the national level and I welcome the Project Group's proposals.
"Never before have social tenants had a national body with the capacity to represent them at the highest level and I would encourage tenants across the country to get involved in its work."
Notes to editors
1. Citizens of Equal Worth: The Project Group's Proposals for the National Tenant Voice can be found at: www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/equalworthreport.
2. The National Tenant Voice will be a Non-Departmental Public Body with a tenant-majority board of directors.
3. The National Tenant Council will comprise of 50 tenants, 24 will be nominated from existing tenant organisations, 26 will be nominated through open recruitment.
4. Clauses in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill will permit the government to fund the NTV.
5. It is expected that the National Tenant Council will be in place by summer 2009 and the NTV to be up and running by early 2010.
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