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How social housing can lead the way to net-zero homes
5 October 2020
Gail Teasdale is Chief Executive of Broadacres Housing Association.
In the UK, homes account for 22% of all carbon emissions. Social housing homes make up 17% of all the homes in the UK, but they account for only 10% of all housing emissions.
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Ensuring we have quality social homes fit for the future
10 September 2020
Becky is Director of Development and Sales at Gateway Housing Association.
Picture this press-heading: the housing construction and maintenance sector is commended as one of the best sectors in the world for managing quality and safety. Standards are met or exceeded, and employers and residents are 100% satisfied with the quality of work.
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How to unlock hidden value within our assets
25 August 2020
Russell is Executive Director of Property Services at Thirteen Group
I have thought for some time now that something doesn’t add up. Over the years, we have had to continually use money from our investment programme at an opportunity cost to invest in items which have never traditionally been included within a 30 year investment plan, and furthermore, we have not considered what impact this investment has had on the residual value of our assets.
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Maximising value from procurement and contract management
21 October 2019
Mike Williams is Relationship Manager for Asset Management at Procurement for Housing
It still surprises me when people think that procurement is a single event and it’s just about a tender. That couldn’t be further from reality; it’s about maximising “value for money” from the whole procurement exercise and this can only be achieved by having end to end involvement.
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Designing an asset strategy with the customer at its heart
20 August 2019
Robert Gilham is Corporate Director of Business Strategy and Assets at whg
It has never been more important to articulate the value of having an effective asset management strategy.
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Smart thing, you make my house sing
28 September 2018
Arturo Dell is Director of Technology and Innovation at HouseMark
The internet of things is one of those ‘near future’ scenarios which feels closer every day.
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How to recognise domestic abuse via repairs
29 August 2018
Kelly Henderson is Business Manager – Domestic Abuse at Gentoo Group and Co-founder of the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA).
Gentoo is a housing association in Sunderland which has 29,000 properties. We are focused on delivering an outstanding service to customers and have a long history of supporting our customers in relation to domestic abuse.