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Entries are now open for the NHMF Best Practice Awards 2027!
The NHMF Best Practice Awards celebrate the organisations, partnerships, projects and individuals who are raising standards across social housing maintenance and asset management.
Neil Watts appointed Interim Chair of the National Housing Maintenance Forum
We are pleased to announce that Neil Watts has been appointed NHMF Interim Chair, taking over the role from Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe.
What can the UK learn from The Hague - NHMF Study Tour
NHMF Service Provider Forum: 21st May meeting round up
Read what happened at our first in-person forum of the year focused on 'Awaab’s Law: Lessons Learnt and Setting the Scene for Stage 2' where we brought together specialists in Legal and consultative, training & clients and service providers to share their perspectives and work with our members in roundtable discussions.
Building & Retrofitting for Health: Future Proofing Social Housing Across the Full Scope of Awaab’s Law
Tessa Barraclough, Lead for the National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF)’s Working Group on Healthy Homes, and Riverside’s Assistant Director for Asset Strategy and Sustainability, explores how the UK social housing sector must prepare for Phase 2 of Awaab’s Law without undermining the progress made under Phase 1.
New Member Spotlight: Carbon3
The NHMF Service Provider Forum brings together the housing sector's foremost specialists in maintenance, asset management and decarbonisation, drawing on a wide cross section of organisations to share knowledge, drive best practice and shape the future of social housing.
Navigating the BSR Gateway Regime
Neil Watts, Lead of the National Housing Maintenance Forum’s Working Group on Building and Fire Safety, examines the latest developments as the Building Safety Regulator becomes a standalone body, and sets out what the changes mean for housing associations and councils managing higher-risk buildings.
NHMF Plenary 2 : Keeping Homes Safe - Learning, Improving and Leading Beyond Grenfell
When Kate Lamble volunteered to cover the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for the BBC in 2018, she uncovered something far more troubling than the immediate causes of one catastrophic fire.
Listening, learning, and always acting’ - Critical insight upon Awaab’s Law from Rochdale Borough Housing
With Awaab’s Law having come into force on 27 October 2025, the UK social housing sector has embarked on its most significant transformation in over a decade. But what will this actually look like in practice?
NHMF Awards 2026 Winners: Best Resident Impact (Exceptional Engagement & Outcomes for Residents)
Platform Housing & Voicescape
