[4] The TSA closed after the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) took over responsibility for the regulation of social housing from 1 April 2012.
[6] After consultation with the sector, Housing Minister Yvette Cooper announced the Government's decision and the name of the new regulator as "Office for Tenants and Social Landlords" on 15 October 2007.
[9] The equivalent powers in Scotland and Wales are held by the Scottish Housing Regulator and the Welsh Assembly Government.
In March 2010 the TSA published a new framework of six national standards which would apply to all social landlords in England.
[4] After the 2010 general election, the Conservative housing minister Grant Shapps indicated his intention to close the TSA.