Housing Corporation
The Housing Corporation
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The Housing Corporation funds new affordable housing and regulates housing associations in England.
They undertake their role by:
- Investing. The Housing Corporation help develop and implement regional and national housing strategies, using public subsidy to procure affordable housing which provides quality homes in the places where their help is most needed.
- Regulating. The Housing Corporation are the statutory regulator for housing associations. The Housing Corporation drive improvements in housing association efficiency and performance, and help to ensure that associations continue to attract private finance at competitive rates to build and improve affordable homes.
- Influencing. It helps shape housing, community and regeneration policy nationally, regionally and locally.
The Gold Award
Launched in June 2005, the Gold Award competition is open to housing associations able to demonstrate outstanding performance in key areas of business. The award aims to identify excellence and raise operational standards for the benefit of residents across the sector.
The Gold Award seeks to recognise and promote the achievements of the most forward thinking teams in the social housing sector.
Other Gold Award Winners 2008
Over 70 associations applied for a Gold Award 2008. There are nine winners catergory, three in each of the following categories: Building Cohesive Communities; Delivering Joined-up Development and Tackling Worklessness. The Papworth Trust wins in the catergory of Building Cohesive Communities for The Foundations for Living project.
Building Cohesive Communities
Ashram Housing Association is a winner of the Housing Corporation Gold Award for its ground-breaking work in tackling community issues. The award focuses on the innovative work that Ashram is involved in around sports inclusion, community design and advocacy for some of the most marginalised communities within the West Midlands region. Through their work Ashram helps to bring together different communities that participate in local, inter-neighbourhood and wider civic arenas.
Visit Ashram Housing Association website
Old Ford Housing Association, which is part of Circle Anglia, was set up in 1998 as the successor to Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust. It has redeveloped more than 1,000 homes on three estates in Bow and established a thriving community development programme for residents and local people.
Visit Old Ford Housing Association website
Delivering Joined-up Development
Great Places Housing Group is a powerful force in regeneration and urban renewal, tackling and transforming some of the North's most challenging neighbourhoods - and helping to build bolder, brighter communities for generations to come.
Their multi award-winning group members own and manage more than 14,000 homes, from eco-houses in amazing architecture, to pioneering projects to support some of society's most vulnerable people.
Visit Great Places Housing Group website
Newlon Housing Trust is a charitable housing association founded in Hackney in 1968 to provide decent and affordable homes for local people.
In 2008 as they celebrate their 40th anniversary they provide more than 6,000 homes across north and east London and they remain as committed as they were in 1968 to supporting the needs of one of the UK’s most diverse communities.
They provide a range of housing options from General Needs renting to Shared Ownership, as well as innovative Intermediate Rent schemes for Key Workers. Through their partner organisation Outward they also provide supported housing services for the elderly and people with learning disabilities and a wide range of support needs.
Visit Newlon Housing Trust website
NomadE5 was established on 1st November 2006 through the merger of two of the North's leading providers of affordable housing - Nomad Homes and Enterprise5.
They are one of the region's largest home-grown registered social landlords owning 5,000 homes, with an annual turnover of £17 million.
Tackling Worklessness
Accent Foundation - delivering high quality residents' services.
They work in partnership through joint commissioning, stock transfer, mergers, joint ventures and strategic alliances, to deliver urban and rural housing solutions, and support threatened services and local projects in their communities.
They deliver tailored, sustainable services to our local communities, whilst increasing our capacity to deliver transformational development and regeneration schemes at a regional and sub-regional level.
They are committed to providing high quality homes for local people at affordable rents. We are also exploring options for the provision of affordable housing for sale with key partners.
Derwent & Solway Housing Association – works with local authorities and residents to deliver both neighbourhood services and affordable housing solutions in Cumbria.
D&S owns and manages 3,000 homes in Keswick, Cockermouth, Workington.
Working closely with Allerdale BC, D&S is committed to improving the lives of residents and the neighbourhoods where they live. It does this by working in partnership with a number of agencies, people and residents to improve the whole community and neighbourhood - not just the homes. One of the many project D&S delivers is Routes 2 Work.
Places for People is one of the largest property management and development companies in the UK, committed to providing sustainable communities. Their focus is on creating places where people choose to live - whether that means providing new communities or transforming existing neighbourhoods into vibrant, popular areas to live and prosper.
They have a strong track record of successful development from multi-million pound masterplanning projects to urban renewal and new-build developments. They create sustainable communities by building homes for sale and rent alongside homes for reduced and part ownership, as well as commercial units, live/work apartments, homes with care and support and nurseries for pre-school children.
Visit Places for People website
Gold Award Judges 2008
Chair of Judges
Peter Dixon, Housing Corporation Chairman
Judges
Shoukat Moledina, Housing Corporation Vice Chairman
Chris Holmes, Housing Corporation Board Member
Donald Hoodless, Housing Corporation Board Member
Lord Richard Best, Chair of Hanover Housing Association and President of Local Government Association
David Orr, Chief Executive National Housing Federation
Roy Irwin, Chief Inspector Audit Commission
Ted Cantle, Environment Agency Board Member
Pam Temple, Director leading housing strategy and legislation division at Communities and Local Government (CLG)
Professor Michael Kelly, Prince Phillip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge
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