Management Consultancy Services: Housing Associations
These are examples of the management consultancy services that we offer to housing associations in all parts of the United Kingdon
Value for Money Reviews
Housing Associations are faced with rising demand for affordable housing and constrained resources. We believe that value for money is most likely to be achieved where there is a focus on the needs and aspirations of customers and a rigorous review of systems and costs.
Our experience in strategic management, housing finance and residents’ advice makes us well placed to consider value for money.
We have recently carried out a Value for Money review for Severnside Housing Association. This included considering: an evaluation of the value for money for major works; indirect market testing of responsive repairs and elements of planned and major works; out of hours repair reporting; variations; repairs policy; service standards; missed appointments; interface between major works and voids teams; installation of major works; operational structures and staffing arrangements and improvements in cost and productivity generally.
Business Planning, Accounting and Budgeting
Housing Association finance is a specialist area and our consultants are able to offer specialist advice and practical assistance with business planning, accounting and budgeting.
More information on housing associations is freely available on our website. Please follow the links below:
Adrian Waite and Impact Housing Association
Since 2009 Adrian has been a member of the Board of Impact Housing Association and in 2011 was elected Chair. As Chair of Impact Housing Association, Adrian has steered the Association through a period of significant change in which the top-down target-driven approach of the audit commission has been replaced with localism and light touch inspection. This has involved developing an approach based on a customer focus and value for money . Specific achievements include a staffing review that resulted in a 17% efficiency gain, winning an increased number of Supporting People contracts, developing models to deliver new build without grant, increasing the development programme, developing services for young people including foyers, developing extra care housing for the elderly and increasing resident involvement. The Association has gained 'gold' status from Investors in People with the assessment showing that the collaborative style of the Board is a strength.
Adrian Waite meets David Orr of the National Housing Federation at the Eden Rural Foyer
Service Charges for Leaseholders and Tenants
Development and Delivery of Training Programmes
It is essential that housing managers, board members and tenant representatives have a working knowledge of how housing association finance works.
As well as our regional seminars and in-house courses we are able to evaluate your training needs and design a training programme to suit your needs.
For further information on our regional seminars please follow the links below:
- All you want to know about Housing Association Finance
- All you want to know about Scottish Social Housing Finance
- All you want to know about Welsh Social Housing Finance
We recently provided in-house training for Bro Myrddin Housing Association. For further information on in-house training opportunities please follow the link below:
We are available to assist Housing Associations with options appraisals for transfers, mergers or re-structures.
We have worked with Circle Anglia Housing Association on the stock transfer in Fenland that resulted in the creation of Roddons Housing Association as a subsidiary. We have worked with the Walsall Alliance of Tenant Management Organisations (WATMOS) and Lambeth Alliance of Tenant Management Organisations (LATMOS) on the stock transfer of the Ethelred, Magdalen and Thorlands estates from Lambeth Borough Council to WATMOS.
Impact Housing Association has established a commercial subsidiary while Adrian Waite has been Chair.
We are able to assist with options appraisal, financial modelling and the preparation of business plans for stock transfers, mergers of housing associations, re-structures of housing associations or subsidiary associations that may wish to leave a group structure to become a stand-alone housing association.
