How Housing Associations buy stuff?

ByKate Davies

Housing Associations spend about £23.7bn pa on building and maintaining homes, with something like £12bn being spent on overheads, systems and services. Naturally, many suppliers want to sell to housing associations. But they encounter obstacles that confuse or frustrate them. This short article explains how to avoid common pitfalls. Housing Associations have to buy products…

What is a Housing Association and how do they work?

ByKate Davies

What exactly is a housing association (HA)? It’s not a simple question. Housing Associations own and manage homes (rented or sold at a discount), aimed at people not served by the private market. Most HA homes go to people who are homeless or in great need, who are given priority by their local housing authority….