Has lockdown changed your technology strategy?

18 November 2020

Jimmy is Sales Director at Castleton an MRI Software Company

At the recent National Smaller Housing Association’s Conference and Exhibition, I hosted a seminar discussing how lockdowns have tested the IT capabilities of social housing providers. I was joined by two members of staff from Squared, a smaller housing association we are working with on their digital transformation. Although Squared started their project with us before lockdown, it has become even more significant that the changes they are making to their back office systems and digital tenant services are essential for future growth and demand.

Top tips for partnering as a smaller housing association

16 October 2020

Pam is Chair of New Forest Villages Housing Association

Ahead of our session on partnership working at the National Smaller Housing Associations’ Conference and Exhibition, I wanted to share the positive experience we've had of working with English Rural and how we've made it a success.

Being a board member during a pandemic: priorities and challenges

1 October 2020

John is Chair of Tpas and a board member of two housing associations

Ahead of our National Smaller Housing Associations' Conference in November 2020, we caught up with John Giesen to find out how the pandemic has impacted his role as a board member and why he's attending the event this year.

Putting the zero carbon ambition within reach of every new affordable home

29 September 2020

Ulrike is Development Director at Hastoe Housing Association

Hastoe specialises in affordable, rural and sustainable developments. And it makes us experts in managing the fine line between delivering energy-efficient homes and keeping building costs at an acceptable level.

Thinking big: an innovative approach to delivering new homes

11 September 2020

Robin is Chief Executive of Sutton Housing Trust

On 16 October 2019, Sutton Housing Society submitted five planning applications to the London Borough of Sutton for 79 additional one bedroom self-contained flats, to our schemes. Whilst the initial phase of applications may appear small to some, this equates to 16% of our overall estate, which for a small organisation is quite a large number!

Adapting supported housing in times of crisis

19 August 2020

John is Chief Executive of Golden Lane Housing

Housing associations providing supported housing have become very accustomed to operating in uncertain and challenging times. There has been sustained cutbacks in social care and successive reductions in support funding for tenants. The proposed local housing allowance cap threatened vast parts of the sector and whilst overturned, its legacy remains today.

Round-up of the National Smaller Housing Associations' Conference 2019

8 November 2019

Chris is Head of Events at the National Housing Federation

What a thought-provoking two days at the National Smaller Housing Associations' Conference 2019.

Delivering in the community

5 November 2019

Clare is Chair of the g320

We are on a journey to meet the housing needs of our local communities and as these rise and change, smaller housing associations are meeting the challenge.

Showcase: Together we can

31 October 2019

Waltham Forest Housing Association are a smaller place- based association, working in the London Borough of Waltham Forest for just over 50 years.

Tenants, board members, staff and other supporters of Waltham Forest Housing Association (WFHA) joined us at their offices on Thursday 26 September 2019 to celebrate the launch of their first-ever film, ‘Together we can’.

Successful partnerships: Community Land Trusts and housing associations

28 October 2019

Tom is Co-Chief Executive of the National CLT Network

Norton-sub-Hamdon is a picture postcard village nestled in the low hills of south Somerset. It's home to one of a growing number of successful partnerships between Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and housing associations and shows the benefits that both parties can bring to one another.

Relationships built on trust

17 October 2019

Amanda is Chief Executive of Black Country Housing Group

Trust. A word loaded with emotion and feeling. Trust is a big word, one you associate with parent and child, husband and wife. It infers faith, safety, belief, confidence and honesty. So what does trust even look like in a landlord tenant relationship?

Homelessness – what more could housing associations do?

17 September 2019

David is Chief Executive of Hightown Housing Association

Shelter estimates that around 300,000 people are in temporary accommodation and 5,000 people are rough sleeping. Despite everything that is being done by Government, by local authorities, by homelessness charities and by housing associations, these figures are not reducing – indeed many believe that the rough sleeping figures are an underestimate.

Helping you unlock your growth potential

23 October 2018

John is a Senior Development Consultant at Red Loft

Never before has the need for more affordable homes been greater, and housing associations of all sizes have a role to play in solving this crisis.

Small is beautiful

18 October 2018

Paul Mullis is Chief Executive at Durham Aged Miners Homes

‘Big is beautiful’ the saying goes, and for a long time, it appeared that this was the belief of the powers that be when it came to social housing, and housing associations in particular.

Working in partnership to build new homes

8 October 2018

Philip Murton is Managing Director of Iceni Homes, a joint venture development company owned by Colne Housing, Hundred Houses and Suffolk Housing

With an ever-increasing focus on improving performance whilst also becoming more efficient, the challenge for all housing associations, but especially smaller housing associations, to think about how to do things differently has never been greater.

Time for a balanced view on modern methods of construction

28 September 2018

Allison Whittington is the Head of Housing at Zurich Municipal

It’s hard to remember a time when the word ‘crisis’ wasn’t used in any discussion about Britain’s housing shortage.