What is ARCH?
The Association of Retained Council Housing was set up for councils whose tenants have chosen the local authority as their landlord. ARCH brings councils who own and manage housing together to get the best deal for their tenants.
What does ARCH do?
- Promotes best practice
- Listens to the views of tenants
- Represents collective interests of stock retained councils nationally
- Lobbies for a fairer, clearer finance system to allow councils to provide affordable homes in a sustainable way
- Demonstrates the benefits of retained stock in meeting wider local and national priorities
ARCH annual report - download here
My Rent Went to Whitehall
Position statement from LGA working group on finance reform involving ARCH, CIH and CIPFA Download here
ARCH News - Download Now!
ARCH News is the first in a series of regular updates on the Association's activities. As you will see, we are asking members for their news and views for future editions.
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19/09/08 ARCH'S POSITION STATEMENT ON THE CREDIT CRUNCH. Read more
09/09/08 GOVERNMENT RESCUE PLAN MUST GIVE COUNCILS A REAL CHANCE TO MEET HOUSING NEEDS
The Government’s housing plans fail to make the role of local authorities clear – when they could be building new homes to help meet national housing needs. Read more
20/08/08 ARCH IN THE PRESS
ARCH’s campaign for fairer housing finance is making progress and has been featured in a number of press articles this month.
- Brian Reilly, deputy director of housing at Wandsworth and a driving force behind ARCH, was a commentator in Inside Housing on 15th August, where he gave ARCH’s view on Caroline Flint’s recent letter to the Labour Party housing group, indicating that councils should have direct access to social housing grant. Read more
- ARCH’s secretary John Bibby is quoted in an article by The Guardian’s Peter Hetherington, published on 13th August, which asks whether council building could be the answer the to credit crunch. Read more
- The results of the recent survey of ARCH members, which gathered opinions on HRA and other key issues, were reported in Inside Housing on 8th August. Read more
- ARCH’s involvement in the Local Government Association’s working group on housing finance reform was also highlighted in an Inside Housing article on 4th July, which reported on its position statement My Rent Went to Whitehall. The report urges the Government to scrap the current subsidy regime in favour of a more equitable system. Read more
24/07/08 ARCH RESEARCH INTO ECO-TOWNS
An ARCH research paper has been produced looking at the major issues emerging from the developing Eco-towns debate. Read more
29/07/08 START FROM SCRATCH ON HOUSING FINANCE
ARCH is urging the Government’s review of housing finance to scrap the existing system and draw up a new, fairer one from scratch. Read more
ARCH’s position statement on HRA - download
ARCH FEEDS MEMBERS' VIEWS INTO HOUSING OVERHAUL
ARCH is representing its members on a number of influential groups that are overhauling housing policy and finance.
ARCH representatives are involved in a number of working groups set up to feed into the Housing Revenue Account and Housing Subsidy Review, implementation of the Housing and Regeneration Bill and other key housing management matters.
ARCH is keen to hear the views of members to feed into these groups. Contacts for ARCH representatives on each group are listed in the these tables. |
