dTenants are set to push councils and housing associations to pay them up to £2 million to enable them to have a stronger voice on the national stage. The four main national tenant organisations - the Tenants’ and Residents’ Organisations of England, the Tenant Participation Advisory Service, the Confederation of Co-operative Housing and the National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations - are all united behind the plan. They are calling for landlords to pay 1p per tenant per week - or 50p per tenant per year - to fund a new national tenant forum, equating to £2 million a year. The forum has been set up after more than a year’s work between the NTOs and other tenants after the coalition government axed the £1 million National Tenant Voice in July 2010. The new forum does not have a budget, however, which will limit its scope. Instead its members - who are all tenants - will be contacted by one of the four main bodies by phone or electronically to give their views about government policies and proposals. Read more on Inside Housing.
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