Social Housing Stock 'Becoming More Dispersed'

Housing association stock is becoming more dispersed despite efforts to reduce the number of landlords working in the same area. This is the early finding of research from Savills for the National Housing Federation, which reveals the amount of housing association stock held by a landlord with less than 100 units in a local authority area has grown. Analysis by the consultancy revealed 154,000 homes in this position, compared to 149,000 the year before. This represents 6.4% of housing association stock. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) was supposed to have placed a greater focus on this area of housing associations’ businesses in recent years, Savills said. Read more on Inside Housing.