NFTMO Mulls Stock Transfer Guidance

The National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations is considering publishing new guidance to help tenant groups choose housing associations as stock transfer partners.  Under rules due to come before parliament in the autumn, councils will be forced to co-operate with requests from tenant groups for stock to be transferred to housing associations.  Although the rules allow stock to be transferred to new associations set up by tenants, NFTMO have accepted that the transfer costs may make this too difficult. Instead groups will look to housing associations to partner with. Read more on Inside Housing.