Independent East is made up of five housing associations – us, Broadland Housing Association, Freebridge Community Housing, Orwell Housing and Saffron Housing Trust. The partnership aims to share knowledge, experience and good practice, and create a collective lobbying voice for social housing in the region.

Here’s an introductory video about the five housing associations

We were joined by three external speakers: 

• Jonathan Walters from the Regulator of Social Housing. who provided an update from the Regulator.
• Kate Henderson from the National Housing Federation, who gave us a political and policy update.
• Michael Appleby from Altair, who discussed artificial intelligence (AI) and the implications for housing.

Our CEO, Andrew Smith‍ and Chair of Board, Howard Cresswell‍ were then joined by James Francis, the CEO of Saffron and Tallia Langston, Member of the Board Responsible for Complaints (MRC) at Saffron, to discuss their organisation’s experience of the new regulatory regime.

Here are some videos highlighting some of Independent East’s projects.

Building new homes

 

Wave 2 funding and sustainability projects

 

Customer funds

 

Resident engagement

 

Here are the highlights from the conference.

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