Arms Length Management Organisations

Dan Rogerson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance she has issued on the minimum threshold of support among (a) tenants, (b) leaseholders and (c) all residents for a local authority to proceed with transferring management of properties to an arm’s length management organisation.

Mr. Iain Wright
None. The Department does not specify a minimum threshold of support. It is up to each local authority to demonstrate that it has consulted its tenants and leaseholders and to provide evidence of support for its arm’s length management organisation proposals when it applies for the Secretary of State’s consent to delegate its housing management functions. Consent will not be granted unless the Secretary of State is satisfied with the evidence provided.