Publications

26 April 2024: Published for our annual conference delegates, the 2024 NFA Annual Report summarises our policy work, survey data and membership services across 2023.

NFA Annual Report 2024 Read More »

2 August 2023: Council landlords report rising arrears and increasing pressure on their homelessness and housing advice services as tenants struggle to cope with the cost of living. This joint survey from the NFA and ARCH, the body that represents councils with housing stock, is based on a substantial sample of data from around 300,000 council homes – about 30% of the sector.

On the Edge: Cost-of-living findings from the council housing sector Read More »

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC), the Regulator of Social Housing and Housing Ombudsman have been focused on improving the quality of existing homes and housing management services through highlighting good practice and naming and shaming poor landlords. The Rochdale Boroughwide Housing case of the death of Awaab Ishak has focused minds in relation to damp and mould, while the media (both local and national) is increasingly scrutinising the sector and highlighting examples of service failure. ‘Getting your house in order’ has become an imperative for the whole sector.

NFA Annual Survey 2022: Adversity and Tenacity Read More »

The 2023 NFA Annual Review is a round-up of members’ and the national policy team’s work over the last 12 months, covering key sector issues including the Better Social Housing review and tenant scrutiny.

2022-23 NFA Annual Review Read More »

March 2023: This report finds that the funding pot used by local authorities to deliver housing services and building safety is likely to drop into significant deficit in the next two to three years. The combined impact of rising prices, new regulation and four years of enforced rent cuts that ended only in 2020 have stretched the Housing Revenue Account – the ring-fenced money collected mostly from rents that councils are allowed to use for housing services – to the limit.

Research into expenditure within the Housing Revenue Account Read More »