Today’s the day
This is no April Fool trickery. T-Day is finally here. It’s a day of monumental firsts for housing as the Tenant Services Authority opens up its new rule book, more than three years after ministers announced their intention to overhaul housing regulation.
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Eight million social tenants in England now have a direct say in how their landlords are governed (hence the T-Day tag); almost 1,800 social landlords come under a single housing regulator for the first time; and all housing board members and councillors have more responsibility than ever before.
The TSA has enjoyed remarkable support. The fly in the ointment is uncertainty over the regulator’s future. A Conservative government would scrap it - one reason new providers are shunning the chance, granted today, to register as social landlords.
For the sake of England’s tenants, let’s hope T-Day’s launch date proves more auspicious than first appearances might suggest.