All housing association articles
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Longhurst and Grand Union to launch consultation this week on potential merger
Boards approve business case to create 37,000-home association
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Comment
Why housing associations need to make healthy surpluses
Those who tell stories about the sector ‘raking in’ surpluses fundamentally misunderstand the nature of our strained social housing financial model, writes Fiona Fletcher-Smith
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Shropshire and Staffordshire housing associations enter merger talks
Wrekin Housing Group and Housing Plus enter discussions about a “potential legal partnership”
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Guinness appoints new chief financial officer
Paul Love will replace Phil Day, who joins Peabody in September
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L&G Affordable Homes buys 390 shared ownership homes from Orbit Group
For-profit provider adds to growing housing portfolio as Orbit seeks geographical efficiencies
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Specialist provider with ‘unique’ operating model retains AA- credit rating
Local Space, which provides settled accommodation for keyworkers and those facing homelessness, sees outlook improve to stable
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Moat appoints Settle boss as new chief executive
Gavin Cansfield will join 22,000-home association after he leaves Hertfordshire landlord later this year
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Onward Homes chief executive appointed chair of Homes for the North
Bronwen Rapley takes over from Steve Coffey
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Orbit recruits its first ever chief customer officer
Joe Brownless will be tasked with developing a “new customer journey” for 45,000-home association’s residents
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Lack of social rented homes in London costing £7.7bn in lost social value, say G15
New research aims to quantify economic and social benefits of social rented homes
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In Focus
‘Take social housing rent-setting away from ministers’ - Clarion boss Clare Miller outlines her asks for the next government
In a wide-ranging interview, Clare Miller calls for the regulator to be in charge of social housing rent settlements, gives her thoughts on the ombudsman and calls for housing to be given a priority in the election. Carl Brown reports.
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Abri confident of hitting 10,000-home target despite annual fall in completions
50,000-home housing association increases starts 47% year-on-year
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L&Q exploring sale of PRS and strategic land functions
Fiona Fletcher-Smith tells conference she wants to return housing association to traditional model and ‘put residents first’
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Wheatley Group retains A+ stable credit rating
S&P says 93,000-home Scottish housing association has “very strong liquidity”
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Scottish housing association announces retirement of long-serving group CEO
Group CEO retires from 3000-home social landlord
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In Focus
‘Customer obsessed’: Yorkshire Housing boss Nick Atkin on using data and tech to improve housing and tenancy management
Nick Atkin is well known for being a disruptor in the social housing sector. Here he speaks to Carl Brown about some of his latest strategies – and why he is betting big on real-time data and smart technology
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Probe into Sanctuary reveals repair delays and ‘inadequate’ staff training on tenant vulnerabilities
A review ordered by the Housing Ombudsman under the Social Housing Regulation Act looked at nearly 4,000 cases
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East of England housing association group appoints new chair
Eastlight Community Homes chief executive will take over as chair of BuildEast
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L&Q appoints former Co-op Bank boss as group chair
Housing association giant also recruits former Orbit COO to board