Key findings from the survey include:
• ALMOs built 903 new social or affordable rented homes in 2015, a 67% increase on 2014.
• The sector is planning to build an additional 10,633 new homes in the next 5 years, however this
is just over 1,600 less than prior to the rent cut announcement in the Summer Budget.
• 74% of our members are delivering strategic housing functions such as; homelessness
assessments and housing options advice, a considerable increase from 62% last year.
• ALMOs continue to increase the numbers of private sector properties in management to a total of 1,721 properties last year, up by nearly 55% on last year.
• More councils have agreed long term management agreements with their ALMOs (25 have agreements extending past 2020).
• 85% of our members have initiatives or mechanisms in place to tackle unemployment.
• 27 (69%) have apprentices working within their organisations, totalling 280 apprentices across the sector, more if the number of apprentices hired on behalf of contractors is also included.