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UKHA winners announced
Nottingham City Homes was crowned landlord of the year at the UK Housing Awards last night.
Click here for a full picture gallery from the event
At the black tie event at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in central London last night judges handed awards to landlords for their outstanding approach to development, tenant involvement and regeneration among others.
The UK Housing Awards, run by Inside Housing and the Chartered Institute of Housing, is the largest and longest running awards in the sector and is now in its third decade.
This year there were a record number of guests, with over 1,000 attending. Comedian Sean Lock was overseeing proceedings.
The awards are unique because finalists have to present live to a judging panel. The panel crowned Nottingham City Homes landlord of the year.
The landlord also picked up two further gongs – for innovation of the year (over 12,000 homes) and outstanding approach to tenant involvement.
The judges said of the winner: “The winning landlord puts tenants right at the heart of what it does. It is a truly tenant-led organisation, with tenants making up the majority of the board.
“It has invested in staff to deliver an excellent landlord service, driven by ambitious targets and a strong corporate plan.
“This has delivered first rate customer satisfaction.
“This landlord is also going the extra step to look after the tenants of tomorrow: its impressive record has seen it deliver twice as many homes as its peer group.”
RHP was highly commended by the judges in the same category. They said: “The organisation demonstrated a clear and determined focus on services and what it is trying to achieve.
“The conscious decision to focus resources on the areas where the landlord can make the most difference was bold.
“This organisation’s success is built on a foundation of investing in staff. This organisation is breaking new ground with its progress on digitisation... An organisation with impressive drive and innovation.”
The full list of UKHA winners
Development programme of the year (under 12,000 homes) - Cross Keys Homes
Development programme of the year (over 12,000 homes) - Home Group
Outstanding approach to regeneration. Award sponsored by Site Sales - Kent County Council
Outstanding approach to repairs and maintenance. Award sponsored by Nationwide - Wates Living Space and Birmingham City Council
Outstanding approach to income management. Award sponsored by Housing Contact - Poplar Harca
Outstanding approach to communication (under 10,000 homes) - Habinteg Housing Association
Outstanding approach to communication (over 10,000 homes) - Aster Group
Outstanding approach to equality and diversity - Queens Cross Housing Association
Innovation of the year (under 12,000 homes). Award sponsored by H+H - Trivallis and South Wales Police
Innovation of the year (over 12,000 homes). Award sponsored by H+H - Nottingham City Homes
Outstanding approach to promoting digital inclusion - Rhondda Housing Association
Outstanding approach to meeting specialist housing needs (under 5,000 homes) - Calico Homes and Safe Net, part of the Calico Group
Outstanding approach to meeting specialist housing needs (over 5,000 homes) - Curo
Outstanding approach to tackling homelessness. Award sponsored by Civica - St Basils
Outstanding approach to tenant involvement. Award sponsored by Fortem - Nottingham City Homes
Strategic local authority of the year. Award sponsored by Higgins - Hull City Council
Landlord of the year. Award sponsored by Galliford Try - Nottingham City Homes
UKHA 2018 picture gallery
Terrie Alafat, president of the Chartered Institute of Housing, and Emma Maier, editor of Inside Housing (left) on stage last night
Guests enjoying dinner at the event
One of many groups to take pictures to remember the night
Comedian Sean Lock entertained the audience
Housing professionals deep in conversation
All the winners gathered on the stage at the end of the ceremony for a group shot
