Below is a list of websites that may be useful to your TMO.

Walsall Alliance 0f Tenant Management Organisations (WATMOS)
www.watmos.org.uk
WATMOS is now a landlord body set up by the Walsall TMOs so they could take over ownership of their own homes.

PEP Ltd
www.pep.org.uk
National not-for-profit training and support agency. Site includes details of national training courses designed for TMO members

Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH)
www.cch.coop
Long established organisation representing housing co-ops and with close links to NFTMO

Housing Corporation
www.housingcorp.gov.uk
Government body with responsibility for Registered Social Landlords like Housing Associations

Inside Housing Magazine
www.insidehousing.co.uk
Weekly magazine with up to date news of UK housing scene

InStep
http://www.instepservices.co.uk
InSTEP provides information and training services to tenants in social housing. InSTEP is a national service which offers a number of services to help tenants and landlords to work together, to inform and empower residents and to encourage tenant participation.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
www.jrf.org.uk
Charity that funds much research relevant to rented housing. Site includes summary of research findings.

Litter Code of Practice
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/litter/code/part1.htm
The governments defra website includes guidance on the duties of local authorities to keep public areas clean. It explains what standards of cleanliness are required and has photo examples of each standard.

National Arbitration and Training Website
www.acas.org.uk
Useful stuff for TMOs who employ staff

Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk
Government team working on initiatives to support deprived neighbourhoods with emphasis on community involvement

ODPM Housing Policy Home Page
www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/information/index.htm
Government Housing site includes latest press releases,consultation papers etc

Social Exlusion Unit
www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk
Government unit co-ordinating action to tackle exclusion caused by poverty.

Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS)
www.tpas.org.uk
National agency promoting tenant participation

Access-Funds website
www.access-funds.co.uk
The Access-funds website gives up to date information about the availability of grants and advice on fundraising. It includes news of new grant funding and directories of funding programmes including National Lottery, government, EU and charitable sources.

National Tenants Resource Centre
www.traffordhall.com

Innovation into Action
www.innovationintoaction.org
Innovation into Action is a grant programme to develop radical or new ways of involving council tenants in managing their homes in authorities across England.

HouseMark
www.housemark.co.uk
To help housing organisations achieve Best Value HouseMark gives you online access to a wealth of good practice information, performance management and benchmarking tools.

Association for Tenant Involvement and Control
www.atic.org.uk
An association open to people interested in and committed to tenant involvement and control in social housing. Enables and encourage debate and campaign for positive change in housing policy and legislation.