Results from a recent survey by the Housing Corporation show that most local authorities have good working relationships with housing associations in their area.
In the largest ever exercise of its kind, the Corporation invited local authorities across the country to take part in an on-line survey to provide feedback on their views on the performance of housing associations working in their areas.
With an overall response rate of 48%, a total of 168 local authorities provided feedback. In total, 152 out of the top 200 associations and 51 of the top 60 groups received ratings from their local authority partners. This involved ranking them in terms of management services, quality of development, decent homes, sustainable neighbourhoods and the extent to which they contributed to wider strategic agendas.
Initial survey findings also show that:
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354 local authorities in England with a strategic housing role were invited to give their views on the performance on the five largest associations active in their area.
They were also given the option to provide further feedback on any other association working in their locality.
Local authorities were invited to give their perceptions on performance in the following areas:
