Congratulations to our members
The winners of the UK Housing Awards 2012 were announced on Wednesday 27 June at a glittering ceremony in London.
NIFHA wishes to extend its heartiest congratulations to all Northern Ireland based housing associations in the final.
Trinity Housing and Alpha Housing were nominated in the “Development of the Year - Small Schemes”, but lost out to Test Valley Borough Council. Meanwhile, Clanmil Housing’s ‘Recall, Record, Relive’ initiative was also a worthy finalist in the “Specialist Housing Provider” category losing out to Kemble Housing from Hertfordshire.
Commenting on their success Cameron Watt (NIFHA Chief Executive designate) said:
“The awards illustrate the very best in UK housing. I am delighted our members were part of it, showcasing the high quality housing and support services housing associations offer to the Northern Ireland community."
“Congratulations to all three finalists, they are a superb example of our movement’s work.”
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About Housing Associations
- actively work to benefit the community by providing affordable accommodation and related housing services to those in greatest housing need
- manage nearly 38,000 units of rented accommodation - over a third of all social housing in NI
- have provided virtually all new social housing in NI since 1998
- provide accommodation for general needs and supported tenants
- are voluntary organisations dedicated to helping people obtain decent, affordable accommodation which meets their needs
- have collectively taken out over £626.2million of private finance to assist with social house building since 1991
About NIFHA (Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations)
- members of NIFHA include all 30 registered housing associations in NI and five non-registered housing associations
- promotes, represents and supports the voluntary housing movement in Northern Ireland
- promotes housing associations in Northern Ireland and speaks authoritatively on their behalf
- is independent of the government, political parties and private interests
- aims to be even-handed in working with, and on behalf of, its members
- expects accountability, respect, value for money and high quality services from the organisations that help meet housing needs
- offer members and associates a range of best-practice training programmes, including seminars and workshops, support with housing policy and research, communications, administration and finance
- is funded through a combination of member and associate subscriptions as well as enterprise income
