2 Background to the post
The Regulation Committee of the
Homes and Communities Agency
3. In October 2011, the Department for Communities
and Local Government (DCLG) published a Review of social housing
regulation. This found that the "Tenant Services Authorities
(TSA) should be abolished and its economic regulation and backstop
consumer regulation functions transferred to the Homes and Communities
Agency (HCA)". It further found that "in order to ensure
the continued independence of regulation, these functions should
be vested in a statutory committee within the HCA, legally separated
from HCA's investment functions and with its membership appointed
by the Secretary of State".[5]
4. The Localism Bill provides
for the creation of the Regulation
Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency and the transfer
of the functions of the Office for Tenants and Social Landlords
(which operates as the TSA), the Chair of which was subject to
pre-appointment hearing, to the HCA acting through the Regulation
Committee.[6]
5. According to DCLG's memorandum,[7]
the Committee will comprise between five and seven non-executive
members, supported
by HCA staff, including an identified Director of Regulation.
Regulation will be resourced through the main HCA budget. The
HCA will have a new statutory objective to facilitate the exercise
of regulation through the Committee.
Chair of the Regulation Committee
6. DCLG's memorandum states that the Chair of the
Regulation Committee is to be appointed for a three year tenure,
with the possibility of renewal. It specifies that the Chair will
receive an indicative remuneration of £50,000 to £70,000
per annum for a time commitment of up to 2.5 days per week.
7. A full job description is attached at Annex A
in the Appendix to this report.
5 Department for Communities and Local Government,
Review of Social Housing Regulation, October 2011, page
2 Back
6
Localism Bill [Lords], clause 177 (2) [Bill 100 (2010-12)] Back
7
DCLG's memorandum is published as an Appendix to this report. Back
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