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We’ve started this Jargon Buster / Acronym Buster to help anyone understand some of the terms we use and what they mean.
We want everything to be in clear and simple English and without any jargon, but sometimes we quote legal wording in letters or shorten words into ‘acronyms’ which is usually the first letter of each word.
Common examples of this are:
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time (how our clocks are set)
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
Have a read below. Alphabetical sections are also tagged under categories on the right if you looking for something specific.
Are we missing something? Let us know in the survey below and we will add them.
Lets make things easy!
We’ve started this Jargon Buster / Acronym Buster to help anyone understand some of the terms we use and what they mean.
We want everything to be in clear and simple English and without any jargon, but sometimes we quote legal wording in letters or shorten words into ‘acronyms’ which is usually the first letter of each word.
Common examples of this are:
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time (how our clocks are set)
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
Have a read below. Alphabetical sections are also tagged under categories on the right if you looking for something specific.
Are we missing something? Let us know in the survey below and we will add them.
Housing Ombudsman (but could also be Housing Officer so it depends on the context)
The Ombudsman investigates complaints and resolves disputes involving the tenants and leaseholders of social landlords (housing associations and local authorities), as well as for voluntary members (private landlords and letting agents).
HQN
Housing Quality Network
HQN provides high quality advice, tailored support and training to housing associations, councils, ALMOs and other housing providers.
Often used to describe sensitive data or considering impact it may have on specific groups.
EIA
Equality Impact Assessment
Equality impact assessment is where you are using EDI data to determine whether any group is is adversely affected by the policy or whether we need to consider any particular group.
