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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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