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The Competence and Conduct Standard: what organisations need to do now
The Regulator of Social Housing’s new Competence and Conduct Standard comes into force from October 2026, introducing clear expectations around …
Culture at the core of our recent event in Scotland
ARK Consultancy was delighted to co-host a recent Disruptive Innovators Network event at Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association’s offices in Edinburgh. …
ARK Consultancy Joins the NHF Partner Directory
The NHF supports and represents housing providers across the sector, helping organisations respond to emerging challenges, share best practice and …
Keeping Communities at the Centre as Housing Changes
At the Housing Community Summit in Liverpool on 8 September 2026, David Guy spoke with Incommunities board member Lara Oyedele …
Insourced or Outsourced? Why an Average Repair Cost Shouldn’t Settle the Argument on Its Own
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Earlier this month, Inside Housing reported that for the first time since Housemark began tracking …
Housing Community Summit 2026: Balancing housing ambitions with regulation and resident focus
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes As headline sponsor of the Housing Community Summit 2026, we were delighted to be part …
Awaab’s Law Phase 2: What social housing contractors need from landlords
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Our previous article looked at Awaab’s Law Phase 2 from a landlord readiness perspective. But …
The SAHP allocations are a reset for affordable housing delivery
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The first allocations from the government’s ten-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) are significant: …
What Recent Consumer Judgements Reveal About C1 and C2 in Social Housing
The Regulator of Social Housing’s latest consumer judgements offer an important insight into what increasingly separates a C1 landlord from …
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