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Helping Housing Associations Navigate Strategic Risks in 2025

By Helen Scurr · 23 January 2025

This article discusses the key risks facing housing associations in 2025, as revealed by Inside Housing’s 2025 Risk Register survey. …

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Housing at the Heart of the Scottish Draft Budget 2025/26: Key Observations

By Kirsty Wells · 11 December 2024

The ARK Amble is returning for its fifth year and this time we are heading north! Our intrepid team will …

The ARK Annual Review | 2023-24

By John Paterson · 18 October 2024

Ed Miliband announced further details of the Labour Government’s Warm Homes Plan. Key changes include rebranding the SHDF to the …

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Reflecting on a Decade of the Scottish Social Housing Charter: Progress, Challenges, and Lessons from Grenfell

By Kirsty Wells · 8 September 2024

The article discusses 10 years of data from the Scottish Social Housing Charter, comparing it to the Grenfell tragedy and …

Social Housing Transformation

Social Housing Transformation: Challenges and Key ‘C’ Words

By Kirsty Wells · 30 July 2024

As I embarked on my own change journey to ARK Consultancy at the start of this month, I have been …

The Neighbourhood & Community Standard

By Paul O’Callaghan · 14 June 2024

We’re excited to share a series of insightful conversations on the new Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards, which came …

SHDF Wave 3. Luke Beard's view.

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 3

By Luke Beard · 23 May 2024

Here are my big takeaways from the draft guidance: 1. Delivery Timescales – since the start of the SHDF rounds, …

ARK Directors Paul O'Callaghan and Nick Sedgwick on the Tenancy Standard

The RSH Tenancy Standard

By Paul O’Callaghan · 23 May 2024

We’re excited to share a series of insightful conversations on the new Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards, which came …

ARK Colleagues discuss the new Transparency, Influence and Accountability Standard

Transparency, Influence and Accountability Standard

By Paul O’Callaghan · 16 May 2024

We’re excited to share a series of insightful conversations on the new Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards, which came …

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