National Housing Maintenance Forum

Can we deliver affordable warmth?

Stopping Britain’s homes leaking energy makes sense on so many levels – tackling dangerous climate change, making home heating affordable as energy prices spiral up, tackling the threat of cold and damp to health and life, and creating jobs.
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David Orr (National Housing Federation)

Editorial 2012

Liz Circuit, Deputy Secretary of NHMF summarises the 2012 bulletin.
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Delivery: the choice is yours

The demise of major contractors, 20% VAT rate and pressures on public expenditure and local government pension schemes (in spite of the HRA review) have led housing providers to explore a range of different delivery options for repairs and maintenance. Andrew explored the range of options that organisations are adopting, including setting up an in-house maintenance team, shared services arrangements, joint ventures and outsourced delivery options. He explains the main advantages and disadvantages of each option and the benefits and risks associated with them.
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Andrew Millross (Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP)

What's your home's MPG?

There are many different players involved in various stages of a building cycle, any one of whom can inadvertently confound the aim of delivering a low energy low carbon building. There is a dearth of knowledge about energy and buildings, which means that policies designed to reduce climate change emissions from buildings are often misdirected, practice is poor, and the results are ineffective and unnecessarily costly. Until we have a common language and understanding, delivering low energy low carbon buildings cost-effectively will be a challenge too far. Liz will explore the opportunities for the social housing sector to lead the way by learning and sharing knowledge and actively promoting good standards and methodologies. Positioned as developers and landlords, with a long-term commitment to providing good quality affordable housing, each residential provider plays a number of roles in the full building cycle. How can they capitalise on this valuable resource to lead the way in providing high quality buildings with low running costs, which contribute to ending fuel poverty?
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Liz Reason (Green Gauge Trust)