Supporting our members to deliver their social purpose

1. Drive and lead change to ensure housing associations provide homes that are affordable to people in housing need.

We will aim to:

Develop and advocate an approach to future rent setting and the benefits system, so social housing rents remain affordable while allowing housing associations to deliver their priorities.
Secure the policy and funding our members need to continue to build affordable housing and increase the number of social rent homes they build, including for homeless households and people with support needs.

We will aim to:

Secure the policy and funding our members need to improve the quality of their existing homes
Secure the policy and funding our members need to make significant progress towards improving the energy-efficiency of their existing homes and begin the journey to net-zero.
Support our members and secure the policy and funding they need to implement new building and fire safety legislation, so they can ensure their homes feel and are safe for residents.
Support our members to improve services and accountability to residents, including through Together with Tenants, the implementation of new regulation and collaboration, and challenge and learning, so they are delivering quality services more consistently and equitably.

We will aim to:

Secure the policy and funding our members need to build more high-quality supported and older people’s housing and protect current provision, which will include increased and long-term funding for support costs.
Maximise opportunities for funding and partnership working, including on health and employment and skills, to help our members enable residents to live well.

We will aim to:

Secure the solid long-term funding our members need to regenerate existing homes and communities, including access to funding streams on levelling up and town centres.
Influence any proposals to devolve housing powers and funding, and supporting our members to engage in regional structures, to maximise opportunities for housing-led and place-based regeneration our sector can deliver.