NHF: Peter Marsh, chief executive of the tenant services authority to address the national board members' conference and exhibition

Monday, 07, Dec 2009 11:24

It has been confirmed that Peter Marsh, Chief Executive of the Tenant Services Authority will be addressing the National Housing Federation's National Board Members' Conference and Exhibition, 5 - 7 February, International Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham.

The Tenant Services Authority set the scene for a new world of social housing regulation back in November where tenants are at the very heart of decisions about their homes and how services are delivered by their landlords.

This new accountability and transparency will mean a new way of co-regulation for housing associations who will be expected to provide opportunities that involve and empower their tenants.

Peter Marsh has presented housing association boards with a late opportunity to discuss these fundamental changes in the way associations operate before he implements his strategy in April.

The National Board Members' Conference and Exhibition is the largest gathering of housing association board members and provides a unique opportunity to collectively discuss the issues that are most important in leading their organisations.

Other confirmed speakers include:

David Orr, Chief Executive, National Housing Federation

Mathew Taylor, Chair, National Housing Federation

Clare Miller, Executive Director, Risk and Assurance,

Tenant Services Authority

For more information about the conference, please visit www.housing.org.uk

For further information contact:

Jon Shepherd, Marketing Manager

jons@housing.org.uk

For details of our other conferences, training and publications visit:

www.housing.org.uk

NOTES

The National Housing Federation represents 1,300 independent, not-for-profit housing associations in England and is the voice of affordable housing. Our members provide over two million homes for five million people.

The National Housing Federation's Commercial Services Team provides solutions to support members in their commitment to neighbourhoods, customers and excellence for iN business for neighbourhoods, through the provision of conferences and events, training and consultancy and publications. Income generated from our business solutions is used to fund our work in supporting and promoting the work of our members. www.iNbiz.org

Visit the Federation's website www.housing.org.uk to keep up-to-date with details of the full range of business solutions available:

. conference and event programme

. over 300 training courses

. coaching programme

. in-house training and consultancy

. over 100 book titles

. business development advice

. Federation subscriber scheme - for public, third sector and commercial organisations

. Housemark and Procurement for Housing (PfH)

. employee satisfaction surveys

. tenant satisfaction surveys (Feedback)

. data analysis service (Housing Figures)

. Lion Court Conference Centre.

Building for success

The National Housing Federation provides our members with a united voice and one with more influence than simply the sum of their parts. In 2007/08, the Federation.

. persuaded the Government to accept a number of its amendments to the Housing and Regeneration Bill

. convinced the Government of the need to invest in the delivery of up to 70,000 new social homes per year

. persuaded ministers to invest £8.4bn for the delivery of new social homes up to 2011

. ran a high profile campaign on fuel poverty, which helped draw a promise from the Chancellor to stop the injustice of higher charges for prepayment meters helped persuade ministers that a rural housing target should be reintroduced.