Gateshead’s ALMO is examining plans that would see it become the first ALMO to manage homes outside its home town or city. Gateshead Housing Company is looking at taking on homes from other landlords in neighbouring areas. The town shares borders with both Newcastle and Sunderland. The 21,000-home ALMO is one of many planning for the future once they have completed their original purpose of bringing their parent council’s stock up to decent homes standards. But any move to manage out-of-area housing could prove controversial because a major selling point of the ALMO movement has always been their local focus on driving up standards. Read the full story on the Inside Housing website.
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