Key findings from the survey include:
• ALMOs built 542 new homes in 2014, a 20% increase on 2013.
• 37 ALMOs have plans to build new homes in 2015.
• 62% of ALMOs are delivering strategic housing functions such as; homelessness assessments.
and housing options advice, a slight increase on last year.
• 30% of ALMOs are now managing a total of 1,113 properties in the PRS, nearly 21⁄2 times the number of properties managed last year by ALMOs.
• 36% ALMOs still manage homes on behalf of other social housing landlords.
• Many councils continue to agree long term management agreements with their ALMOs
(22 ALMOs have agreements extending past 2020).
• Northampton Borough Council has set up a new ALMO which will go live in January 2015 called Northampton Partnership Homes.