July 2021: NFA communications guide
MPs and councillors are short of time. Offering them a target outcome means they can decide quickly whether to support you, and target their time and resources effectively if they do.
MP briefings
November 2020: NFA briefing paper
This MPs briefing was drawn from the Independent report by Pragmatix Advisory for the LGA, ARCH & the NFA.
July 2020: MP briefing
Our members have supported communities and their parent local authorities through COVID-19: maintaining essential
services, helping vulnerable residents, housing and supporting homeless people.
ALMO staff have been keeping tenants’ homes safe through essential inspections and completing repairs. Communities have been kept clean and safe by caretakers and estates staff working around the clock.
Janaury 2020: NFA publication
The NFA published a Best Practice report which looks at the work that ALMOs have been doing to end homelessness and support those who are experiencing homelessness. With a range of best practice across the country, the report provides practical examples of what councils and ALMOs can do. However, it also calls for long-term funding and structural changes to help to achieve the government’s ambition to end rough sleeping in this parliamentary period.
Executive Summary, Can social housing rebalance the homelessness equation? Read More »
November 2019: NFA publication
This best practice report explores the rich resource of NFA members’ ground-level and frontline experiences of social housing management; and aims to kickstart a conversation with government and the wider social housing sector about what good housing management should look like.
Executive Summary, Managing to make a difference Read More »
July 2019: NFA/ARCH briefing
It is 100 years since the Housing, Town Planning Act (the Addison Act 1919) received Royal Assent. It was the first time that councils had been given a duty to consider the need for council housing and marked the beginning of building council housing at scale. This 100 year anniversary celebrates council housing as the linchpin of communities, giving people the secure, affordable homes they need to reach their potential.