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23 August 2023: Each year, NFA members put together show boards that celebrate key achievements, and which go on display at our annual conference. They capture the breath-taking range of work that council housing management companies turn their hands to – so much more than ‘just housing’.
Throughout this week, we’ll be sharing the 2023 conference boards.
Today – Barnet Homes, Stockport Homes Group and South Essex Homes celebrating their work on new build, cost of living support for tenants, and domestic abuse prevention and support for survivors.

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21 August 2023: Each year, NFA members put together show boards that celebrate key achievements, and which go on display at our annual conference. They capture the breath-taking range of work that council housing management companies turn their hands to – so much more than ‘just housing’.
Throughout this week, we’ll be sharing the 2023 conference boards.
Today – Berneslai Homes, Your Homes Newcastle and Cheltenham Borough Homes celebrating their work on tenant engagement, education and training opportunities and helping customers improve their employability.

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As the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 receives royal assent, NFA Managing Director Eamon McGoldrick explains his enthusiasm for this new era of regulation in the social housing sector.

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ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour devastates the lives of victims, dislocates community relationships and can become the gateway to more serious crime. In ASB Awareness Week (3–9 July 2023), ASB Resolve aims to make sure everyone knows what their rights are when they find themselves caught up in the misery that ripples out from anti-social behaviour.

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This summer (June 2023) a small group of social landlords share the relief of students everywhere as they emerge from the housing sector’s metaphorical examination hall. For the first time in more than a decade, social landlord performance is being formally monitored and assessed, and a first pilot scheme of consumer regulation inspections has recently finished. The new inspection regime will begin in earnest in April 2024.

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Helen Baker, Chair of Shelter and of the Better Social Housing Review Panel, was a keynote speaker at the 2023 NFA Annual Conference. She told delegates that the review panel are keenly aware that social housing is a system under pressure. The issues landlords face are very real – and better quality and truly comparable data will be a crucial first step in making it possible for them to deliver on their core purpose.

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25 April 2023: NFA members are gearing up for a day of expertise and best practice exchange at our 2023 conference in Brimingham later this week. This year’s keynote speech will be given by Helen Baker, Chair of Shelter and of the Better Social Housing Review panel – and we’ll also be marking the 20th anniversaries of three of our members.

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A new report (April 2023) based on conversations with tenants who scrutinise and assess their landlord’s services will be published at this year’s NFA annual conference. ‘Critical Friends: What tenant scrutiny brings to better landlord performance’ summarises best practice in council-owned ALMO housing management, where tenant involvement is a core requirement. #NFAConf23

Tenant Scrutiny: A superpower for social landlords? Read More »

19 April 2023: Barnet Homes has achieved a modest but steady increase in its council-owned and managed social housing stock in recent years without the borrowing power of housing associations or encouragement from central government policy makers, and in spite of the spiralling pressures on the borough’s housing revenue account. In the first of our 2023 conference blogs, the Barnet ALMO’s Director of Growth and Development explains how it’s been done. #NFAConf23

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March 2023: Councils don’t have enough money to do all they are being asked to do, writes Chloe Fletcher, Policy Director of the NFA. “This conclusion, from an independent investigation into local government housing finance, is no surprise to us. But it’s good to see the evidence in black and white in this Savills research published today.”

How do we do that? Read More »