One in ten people ”benefit from housing associations”
A tenth of people in England directly benefit from the neighbourhood services provided by those working for housing associations, it has been reported.
In news that could interest people with housing jobs, research by the National Housing Federation showed that some 6,800 projects were made available by such organisations over the course of last year, in areas such as energy-efficiency schemes and business start-up advice, as well as the maintenance of hundreds of local amenities.
Overall, it was claimed that some 5.5 million had made use of such facilities and services during the past 12 months.
David Orr, chief executive of the federation, claimed that housing associations have ploughed some £435 million into such services each year.
He said: "This is the first time a nationwide audit has ever been conducted into the value of the services and facilities housing associations provide."
Earlier this week, the Liberal Democrat party claimed that housing associations should be able to borrow against their assets to purchase land on which to build social housing developments.
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