What is Resident Involvement
 
Resident Involvement means taking part in the decisions, which affect you and your neighbours in your local community. This could take the form of meetings with other residents or with the staff of Soho Housing Association. By getting involved, you can have an influence on the services delivered to you and your neighbourhood.
 
How can I get involved?
 
There are many different levels of involvement, ranging from filling out a questionnaire to being elected to the Board, and making decisions on Soho Housing Association’s policy. How far you get involved is up to you!
 
Can I join a Residents Association?
 
Do you want your views to be heard? There may be an existing Residents Association you can join for your local area or block. If there is not and you would like to start one, the Association will support you and encourage you to form one.
 
Residents Associations can be useful to express residents’ opinions and help improve communication between the Association and residents.
 
Tenants & Residents Associations
 
Soho Housing Association gives support and encouragement to tenants wishing to form Tenants Associations. We will provide the following support:
 

1.	Start-up grant for tenants wishing to form a Tenants Association:
	£50 to Tenants' Associations with less than 30 households.
	£50-£100 for Tenants' Associations with more than 30 households.
2.	Provision of a model constitution.
3.	On-going support:
	An annual grant of £1.50 per annum per household who are members.
	Assistance with photocopying, word-processing.
	Affiliation fees to tenants' organisations such as TPAS.
	discretionary grant for training up to £250 per group per year.
	A number of places for tenants at relevant conferences.
	An auditing service.

 
Additionally, the Association will provide:
 
General information when required.
Contacts for tenants groups.
Space in its newsletters for Tenants' Associations.
 
 

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