Draft Guidance for social housing providers in assisting their residents obtain appropriate home insurance or banking facilities, or both.
The FSA have now published draft guidance for social housing providers on financial regulation as part of a consultation process.
Social housing providers are or may wish to become involved in assisting their residents to obtain appropriate home insurance or banking facilities, or both, and expressed a wish for guidance from the FSA to assist their understanding of what is and is not permitted without the need to be authorised.
The deadline for responses is 6th March 2010 and all responses should be sent to Colin Kinloch at the FSA. The consultation paper (CP10/01) can be accessed using the following link:
They are keen to have as much feedback from housing providers and other relevent parties as possible so please could you circulate the link and encourage people to respond. An overview of the guidance and contact details for the FSA is in Chapter 6 of the consultation paper with the draft guidance included in Appendix 6.