Education for Tenant Reps Involved In Housing Transfer Deals "Must Be Better"

Tenant representatives need better information, training and support if they are to play a meaningful role in projects to transfer housing stock from local authorities to housing associations and other private sector providers.  As the coalition government prepares to introduce a new statutory right to transfer for tenants of local authority housing in England, new research from the Institute of Education (IoE), University of London shows that without better education for their role, tenant representatives will remain unequal partners in such projects. Critical thinking skills are essential, the study, Learning for Active Citizenship? Critical pedagogy, tenant activism, and housing stock transfer in Engand, says.  The report argues that education for tenant representatives currently treats them as passive recipients of neutral information. However, housing stock transfer can be highly political. Read more on the IoE website.