Logo of the Homes and Communities Agency
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 as one of the successor bodies to the Housing Corporation, and became operational on 1 December 2008.[1]
Background[]
On 17 January 2007, Ruth Kelly announced proposals to bring together the investment functions of the Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and parts of the Department for Communities and Local Government to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency. It also was to incorporate the functions of the Academy for Sustainable Communities and Advisory team for large applications.
In the following months, Professor Martin Cave, Director of the Centre for Management under Regulation at University of Warwick, led the most comprehensive review of English housing regulation for 30 years. Reporting in June, the Cave Review recommended that a new regulator be set up, separating the regulation and investment responsibilities of the Housing Corporation.[2]
On 15 October 2007, Yvette Cooper announced that the Government accepted the recommendation of the Cave Review to transfer the Corporation's regulatory powers to an independent body, subsequently named as the Tenant Services Authority.[3] The new investment body was initially announced as "Communities England", and later renamed as the Homes and Communities Agency.
Establishment[]
The Chief Executive for the new body was announced as Sir Bob Kerslake in December 2007. Kerslake had led the regeneration of Sheffield as chief executive of the City Council since 1997.[4]
On 17 October 2008 the Housing Minister Iain Wright announced the Board members of the HCA including Robert Napier (chair), Kate Barker, Candy Atherton, and Shaukat Moledina (previously Vice-Chair of the Housing Corporation).[5]
On 1 April 2009 the restructuring and relocation of the regional offices of the HCA was announced. It is expected to be completed by April 2010.
References[]
- ↑ Inside Housing: New agencies will face 'huge challenges'
- ↑ Every Tenant Matters: A Review of Social housing Regulation by Professor Martin Cave
- ↑ Tenant Services Authority recruitment begins
- ↑ Brown reveals housebuilding tsar, The Observer, 16 December 2007. Retrieved 2010-05-28
- ↑ Tenants to get a stronger voice at national level, CLG, 17 October 2008
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