All You Want To Know About Housing Association Finance

In-House Training

Aim

Our 2015 housing association finance series provides a fully updated introduction and overview to Housing Association Finance. Delegates will gain an update on the latest trends in housing associations finance.

Content

This course will include:

What financial environment are housing associations working in?

Economic and Political Context; Regulation and Governance; Viability and Value for Money standards; Financial Structures, Aims and Objectives

How do the finances of Housing Associations work?

Income and Expenditure Accounts; Global Accounts; Cash Flow Statements; Social, Affordable and Market Rents; Service Charges; Housing Benefits; Supporting People; Taxation; Pensions; Business and Financial Planning; Internal and External Audit; Financial forecasts.

How do housing associations fund new development?

Sources of Capital Finance; Use of Reserves; Capital Receipts; Right to Buy / Acquire; Affordable Housing Programme and Social Housing Grant; Private Loans; Borrowing strategies — including ‘gearing’; Social, affordable and market homes in development; Regeneration finance; Bonds; Monitoring requirements of the Regulator and Funders.

How can we get ‘value for money’ and excellent customer service?

Achieving efficiency; Lean systems thinking

What are the financial opportunities available to housing associations?

Accounting changes (including FRS102 and the SORP); Universal Credit; Development after 2015; Value for Money; Procurement; Asset Management; Risk & Performance Management; Place shaping; Diversification; Mergers and collapsing of group structures; Stock Transfers

The session includes a participatory case study and is accompanied by a very useful book that is designed for reference after the session entitled: “All You Want to Know about Housing Association Finance 2015”.

Outcomes

Delegates will have an understanding of how Housing Association Finance is determined and the issues involved.

Who Should Attend

Those who need to understand the basics of housing association finance but do not need to be experts. Whether you are a Housing Manager, Board Member, Tenant Representative or even a member of the Finance Team; whether you are in a housing association or in a council that has partnerships with housing associations, you could benefit from one of our sessions.

CUSTOMISED COURSE

We are able to customise all of our in house courses to your own needs.

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