The National Tenant Voice is a new organisation for tenants of housing associations, housing co-ops and councils in England. It is being set up to give tenants a voice, influence and expertise at national level. The Government's aim is for tenants to have a greater influence over the services they receive. It is supporting the setting up of the National Tenant Voice to help achieve this.
Advocacy – to enable and facilitate tenants to speak up effectively
Research – to ensure that the views and experiences of tenants, particularly those who are not in tenants’ organisations, are taken into account
Support for national and regional tenants’ organisations – to strengthen tenants’ organisations at regional and national level
Communication – to develop mechanisms to communicate information to tenants as well as receive the views of tenants.
At the heart of National Tenant Voice will be a National Tenant Council of fifty tenants that will meet to debate and discuss key housing policy issues. Twenty-four of the tenants on the National Tenant council will be nominated by existing tenants' organisations. The remaining twenty-six will be recruited.
Follow this link
{http://www.hays.com/jobs/ntv/} to a website that tells you how to apply for one of these positions.
The closing date is 16th October 2009.
The aim is for the National Tenant Council to reflect the diversity of social housing tenants. It will have on it tenants from local authorities, housing associations, housing co-ops, tenants managed by Arms Length Management Organisations and Tenant Management Organisations, and leaseholders of social landlords. To be really effective it will need to have on it tenants of different ages, tenants from all parts of England, and tenants from a range of different ethnic backgrounds.
If you'd like to apply to join the National Tenant Council, and would like any help or advice from us at Marches, please contact us on
01568 610100.
