Key findings include:
• The ALMO sector manages just under a third of local authority housing in England (29%), and as at December 2017 was responsible for a total of 457,387 properties across 37 local authority areas.
• The sector built or acquired a total of 1,417 properties in 2017. This compares with 1,136 properties in 2016 (a 25% increase) despite there being fewer ALMOs.
• ALMOs continue to invest in their future workforce, with around 300 apprentices employed in the sector.
• Alongside their core housing management functions, many ALMOs support their parent local authorities with a range of services. Half of ALMOs provide care and support services on behalf of their local authority or as a market product; and 80% help their council to implement the homelessness prevention strategy.
• ALMOs continue to have a strong commitment to tenant engagement with ALMOs at the heart of governance arrangements. Just under a third of ALMO boards are represented by residents/tenants,
with councillors and independents comprising approximately a third each