Members of the NFA aspire to provide excellent, value for money and customer-led housing services for residents in partnership with their local councils.
Members will seek to develop innovation and continuous improvement in providing, managing and maintaining affordable homes in sustainable neighbourhoods.
Members will be open and accountable organisations that actively promote equality and social cohesion.
Members will remain rooted in their local community and will work in partnership with others to help deliver locally determined priorities.
Members will share good practice and help support other members of the NFA.
The National Federation of ALMOs Ltd (NFA) is the trade body representing 69 members. The NFA represents the interests of its members at national level. In addition to lobbying and negotiating with central government on behalf of its members the NFA runs a website, organises events and regional meetings for its members and provides advice and briefings. After a widespread organisational and structural review the NFA AGM in April 2008 agreed a new constitutional framework and, in December 2008, the NFA became a limited company. The aims and objectives of the NFA are set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
The NFA was established in 2003 when there were less than 20 ALMOs. In 2004 the NFA held its first annual conference and elected the first NFA Board. Since then the sector has expanded. When the last two Round 6 ALMOs went live in summer 2008 and Welwyn Hatfield Community Housing Trust went live in April 2010, the NFA members now manage over one million council homes in 65 local authorities.
The work of the NFA is overseen by a Board of nine ALMOs elected by members across the four regions (Northern, Midlands, South West, London & Southern). Elections take place every two years. The NFA Board meets three times a year and is supported by an Executive Steering Group (ESG) of chief officers elected from each of the four chief officer regional groups and by a Communications Sub-committee made up of representatives from the Board, ESG and national communications officers group.
In the years since it was established the NFA has:
The NFA appointed HQN Ltd to run the service led by a steering group of chief officers from ALMOs in 2003. In 2009 the NFA has re-appointed HQN as managing agent for the next three years. HQN will be supported by The Public Affairs Company (PAC) and Acceleris Marketing Communications Ltd who are sub-contracted to deliver the parliamentary and communications part of the service.