NFA best practice

Managing to Make a Difference examines modern housing management – the changes and the challenges, and best practice within the ALMO sector.

ALMOs were first established to revolutionise the quality of local authority housing management in the early 2000s.

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The causes of homelessness are structural. The impact of homelessness is personal.

This report focuses on the work of the ALMO sector in the sphere of homelessness in what has been a particularly challenging year. It considers how ALMOs use their housing expertise to support people into settled homes through innovative programmes that have helped build a solid body of evidence of what works in homelessness prevention.

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This collaboration with PlaceShapers and NHS Alliance set out to assess ‘health creating practices’ delivered by NFA members through a range of housing service initiatives.

Health creation is about the enhancement in health and wellbeing that occurs when individuals and communities achieve a sense of purpose, hope and control over their own lives and immediate environment.

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The involvement of tenants and residents in ALMO governance and service delivery is a founding principle of the ALMO model and continues to be a core part of the work of ALMOs. Tenants and residents are part of formal structures, including boards, scrutiny panels and Tenants and Residents Associations, as well as being involved through informal methods.

This publication highlights the best practice in the sector and shows how effectively working with tenants and residents can make sure organisations continue to  deliver high quality services. 

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This best practice briefing provides an overview of how ALMOs use their position at the heart of communities to develop a range of housing related services which support tenants to improve their life chances. From tackling poverty, to providing training to health initiatives, these examples show how valuable the role of local ALMOs is.

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