Consultation begins today with stakeholders across the social housing sector on tenant satisfaction measures (TSMs), as part of the Regulator of Social Housing’s work to implement changes to consumer regulation for all social housing residents.
Members’ and sector news
A comprehensive review of the arms-length council housing management model concludes it is well-placed to meet the post-Grenfell demands that regulators will place on local authorities with housing stock.
Published today [24Nov2021], just a week after the Regulator for Social Housing released its first appraisal of how the new regulatory regime promised by the Social Housing White Paper is likely to work, the review has been led by the members of CWAG and the NFA.
An initiative to help Northamptonshire Partnership Homes residents care for the environment and their local wildlife and begin growing their own food has won a prestigious environmental award.
Northampton Partnership Homes wins environmental award Read More »
A project to transform some of Nottingham’s hardest-to-heat council homes into super warm and energy efficient houses is being showcased at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
Nottingham green housing project showcased at COP26 global conference Read More »
More than two million UK households will be on waiting lists and in dire housing need by this time next year, says an independent report published today .
Commissioned by the National Federation of ALMOs, the Local Government Association and the Association of Retained Council Housing, Building post-pandemic prosperity shows that giving councils the powers and funding to meet a third of the government’s current target of 300,000 new homes year would actually improve the public finances – over 30 years, by £24.5 billion.
New council housing can rebuild the post-pandemic economy Read More »
A tenant-shaped view of how Berneslai Homes performed through the height of the pandemic is captured in its new annual report.
Developed with the Berneslai Tenant Voice Panel, it sets out 20 performance scores and shows that on more than three-quarters of them, the organisation is in the top 25% of well-performing landlords.
Berneslai Homes Kickstart apprentice Billie-Jo Brook has been honoured at the Sheffield City Region Apprenticeship awards.
Tenants joined CBH board members and staff at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre in September to hear that the ALMO has recorded outstanding levels of customer satisfaction despite the many challenges posed by the pandemic.
Northampton Partnership Homes and Nottingham City Homes celebrate at this year’s CIH national conference in Manchester.
NFA MD Eamon McGoldrick warns Housing Minister Chris Pincher at CIH 2021 that while new homes are needed, LAs and ALMOs can’t make existing stock fit for the future from depleted funds.
Don’t forget our residents: NFA MD’s reply to Minister at CIH Conference Read More »