The Tenant Services Authority regulates housing associations to protect the public purse and maintain an excellent reputation nationally.
Keniston is registered with a government body called the Tenant Services Authority (the TSA) which regulates social housing. You can find out more about the Tenant Services Authority at www.tenantservicesauthority.org. Keniston has to provide annual returns to the Tenant Services Authority abd the Financial Services Authority (mutuals section) which regulates Industrial and Provident Societies. Grant funding of new homes is carried out by the Homes and Communities Agency (the HCA), another government body. Periodically Associations are “inspected”. In recent years this has been undertaken by the Audit Commission but in future arrangements for this will be different and, as yet, unannounced. Keniston is also a member of the National Housing Federation which is a membership organisation representing and lobbying on behalf of its 1400 plus housing association members in the country. To find out more about the National Housing Federation you can visit www.housing.org.uk.