National Housing Maintenance Forum
Useful links
M3 Housing
M3 Housing services the NHMF, developing products under its direction, liaising on best practice with the National Housing Federation, TSA, and other organisations, and running the NHMF Conferences.
M3 Housing has been working in social housing maintenance for 15 years, formally set up in 2004.
National Housing Federation
The National Housing Federation is the body representing housing associations in England, and is consulted by the government and Housing Corporation on legislative or regulatory changes affecting them.
They provide advice on policy, run conferences, and publish a range of books relevant to the work of associations, including a series of asset management publications.
Homes and Communities Agency
The Homes and Communities Agency is the national housing and regeneration delivery agency for England. Their role is investement.
Tenant Services Authority
The Tenant Services Authority is the regulator of the social housing sector. Their goal is to work with landlords and tenants to improve services for existing and prospective tenants.
Audit Commission
The Audit Commission inspects and audits local authorities, arm's length management organisations (ALMOs) and housing associations. They also work with the Tenant Services Authority to help improve the performance of housing associations.
Direct Works Forum
The Direct Works Forum is the representative body for Housing Associations and local authorities employing their own trades staff to undertake repairs and maintenance, with over 80 members managing over 350,000 properties. They run quarterly seminars on building maintenance and create opportunities for maintenance professionals to meet, network and share experience and innovation.
Building Research Establishment
BRE is an independent and impartial, research-based consultancy, testing and training organisation, offering expertise in every aspect of the built environment and associated industries. We help clients create better, safer and more sustainable products, buildings, communities and businesses - and we support the innovation needed to achieve this.
Checkmate
The Checkmate Club comprises registered social landlords and local authorities throughout the country. Members can submit performance data on an annual basis, enabling each club member to compare their performance with that of their peers year on year. Checkmate provides a wide range of cost and performance indicators and has built up a database of repair performance information from 120 organisations over the last nine years. It is run by experienced frontline maintenance practitioners.
HAMMAR groups
HAMMAR groups are organised through the regional offices of the National Housing Federation, and provide local training and other initiatives to assist maintenance managers. The name stands for “Housing Asset Management Maintenance and Regeneration”.
