Right to Manage

The Right to Manage (Opens in a New Window) gives tenants and leaseholders the right to take over certain housing management responsibilities from their landlord by forming a ‘Tenant Management Organisation’ (TMO). This may happen when a local tenant or leasehold group believe that they could provide a better or more cost-effective service if they were in control of the money the Council spends on that service. For example, arranging repairs or estate cleaning, and collecting rent. 

Residents within the TMP elect a tenant-led management committee to run the organisation, and they create an independent legal body which enters into a legal contract with the Council. They receive an annual management and maintenance budget from the Council, and any services they choose not to provide would continue to be provided by the Council. The TMO does not affect tenancy rights. 

The law ensures that a tenant group can only take on housing management functions if they have the support of other tenants and if they have the relevant knowledge and skills. 

Council tenants and leaseholders also have the right to voluntarily transfer ownership of all or some Council homes to another private registered provider in return for a payment for the value of that stock to the council. This is called the ‘Right to Transfer' (Opens in a New Window) and cannot go ahead unless a majority of secure and introductory tenants of the homes in question vote in favour in a ballot organised by the Council. The Secretary of State must grant consent.

To find out more, please contact the Housing Engagement team on 0115 917 3935 or email housingengagement@broxtowe.gov.uk