News & Insights
Read the latest housing sector news, blogs, and commentary from ARK.

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

Housing at the Heart of the Scottish Draft Budget 2025/26: Key Observations
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
Ed Miliband announced further details of the Labour Government’s Warm Homes Plan. Key changes include rebranding the SHDF to the …

Reflecting on a Decade of the Scottish Social Housing Charter: Progress, Challenges, and Lessons from Grenfell
The article discusses 10 years of data from the Scottish Social Housing Charter, comparing it to the Grenfell tragedy and …

Social Housing Transformation: Challenges and Key ‘C’ Words
As I embarked on my own change journey to ARK Consultancy at the start of this month, I have been …

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

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 3
Here are my big takeaways from the draft guidance: 1. Delivery Timescales – since the start of the SHDF rounds, …

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

Transparency, Influence and Accountability Standard
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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