The Trustees of TAROE Trust have taken the decision to close down the charity and to re-distribute the remaining funds to tenant related charitable causes. The decision comes following a review of the charity which has identified unfavourable operating conditions. In recent months TAROE Trust has applied to over 100 …
TAROE Trust has prepared and issued its response to the Regulator of Social Housing’s (RSH) consultation on the new proposed consumer standards. Overall, TAROE Trust warmly welcomes a broad range of the new measures proposed in the standards. However, we believe there are some further improvements that can be made, …
TAROE Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of three new tenant trustees to its Board of Management. Our open recruitment campaign saw applications from excellent tenant candidates, and selecting three was difficult. Our new trustees are: Full details of all our Trustees are available here TAROE Trust – Trustees Commenting …
Tenant scrutiny has been a popular method of involving tenants in decision making in local authorities, ALMOs and housing associations for over a decade. Its popularity as a method with both tenants and landlords can be attributed to its potential to be a constructive and positive way for tenants to …
Are you a tenant living in the regulated housing sector? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of tenants? Do you want to influence national housing policy? Why not become a Trustee of TAROE Trust? TAROE Trust is a charity that works to promote the interests of …
Author: Dr Hannah Absalom A recent report by Grand Union Housing Group (GUHG) highlighted how changes under the Welfare Act 2012 have impacted GUHG’s tenants and the organisation’s priorities. Some of the key points in the report, which can be found here bring to light the impossible circumstances many tenants are finding …
We are making the case for the use of psychological and emotional insights as a basis for re-imagining regulated housing in England. Building on the groundbreaking research that informed our Feeling at Home research project, our first report in our new Emotional Insights series, Rethinking Regulated Housing in England: Home as an emotional …
The Department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is currently consulting on its Revised directions to the Regulator of Social Housing: Tenant Involvement and Mutual Exchange. Today we have issued our response, in which we have called for further strengthening and greater prescription. You can access our response here. Further …
TAROE Trust is delighted to announce that Fay Jackson has joined its Board of Trustees following a recent open recruitment process. Fay will strengthen the overall knowledge and skills of the charity’s Board as it looks to broaden its range of funding sources and the breadth of services it offers. …
TAROE Trust has received the news about the Government announcements to cap social housing rent increases at 7% with disappointment. Whilst we welcome the move to cap rents below the previously agreed index linked formula, a 7% increase still represents significant additional pressure on already fragile household finances. We are …