This means that your council will have to review its services and improve them by the best means available. They must do this in consultation with the local community and the people who use the services. As a tenant you can have a vital role to play in improving housing services. These agreements will be based on standards set out in the National Framework for Tenant Participation Compacts published in June 1999. Quite simply, because it will give you more say in how the council manages your home.
Many councils regularly consult and involve their tenants in how their homes are managed.
Tenants enjoy better services and a better quality of life as a result. Compacts will allow all tenants and councils to look together at how tenants can have a proper say in their housing service. You will have this opportunity whether you are old, young, come from an ethnic minority group, are disabled, English is not your first language, or you live in a scattered community or a rural area. Paying for compacts and tenant participation Through the Housing Investment Programme the Government already provides local councils with funding for housing, including tenant participation, and many councils themselves may provide further funding or facilities to encourage tenant participation. However, the Government is making 12 million available to councils in England over the next two financial years, starting in April 2000.