It is now 3 years since the introduction of the self–financing Housing Revenue Account (HRA). For a number of councils it has been the answer to their problems and they…
Month: April 2015
WOC’s up?
A new acronym is infiltrating the housing lexicon. Question – What’s a WOC? Answer – A Wholly Owned Company WOCs are emerging in the local authority Housing Sector as part…
ALMOs: “To Be or Not To Be: That is the Question”
Or is it? Perhaps the question could be “Are you getting the best out of your ALMO?”, “Are you managing your housing service in the most efficient way?”, or “What…
Planning with Brixx
Is your Business Plan fully transparent and flexible enough to cope with your current and future requirements? Now that Local Authorities are self-financing, have been able to bid through the…
Right to Buy for Housing Associations – will it really happen?
Wow. For the last few months the housing sector has been focused on a campaign to end the housing crisis in a generation. There was real hope that the political…
Altair 2014/15 housing review
It’s been a tough and uncertain year for the housing sector. Welfare reform is yet to bite, but is changing the way we think about delivering services and to whom;…