About ARCH.
About ARCH.
ARCH (Association of Retained Council Housing) is an association of councils in England that have retained ownership and management of their council homes. We aim to get the best deal for councils and their tenants. 143 local authorities own and manage over 1.4 million homes, and we are here to make sure that a positive future for council housing is secured.
What ARCH does for the council housing sector:
- Represents the collective interests of councils which own and manage housing
- Lobbies government for a positive future for council housing
- Helps members meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the legislative and financial framework for council housing
- Demonstrates the benefits of council housing in meeting wider local and national priorities
- Promotes best practice
- Listens to the views of tenants
How we work:
- We issue a bi-weekly Bulletin to keep members fully informed
- We hold free-for-members events and webinars on major current issues
- We represent members’ views in responses to consultations from Government and others
- We commission research to support our lobbying on behalf of council housing
- ARCH member councils get at least one free place to our annual two-day Chief Officers Conference
- Our work is directed by an Executive Board elected by our Annual General Meeting
- The ARCH Tenants Group provides a forum for tenants representatives from ARCH member councils
- The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Tenants Group are members of the Executive Board
The ARCH Executive Board.
Member Councils on Executive Board | Elected Member Representative | Officer Representitive |
Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Council | Deborah Fenton, Director of Housing | |
Birmingham City Council | Cllr Jayne Francis, Cabinet Member for Homes and Neighbourhoods | Paul Lanford, Interim Strategic Director for City Housing |
Sheffield City Council | Cllr Douglas Johnson, Chair of Housing policy Commitee and Group | Chris Ellison, Director of Housing (Interim) |
Stevenage Borough Council | Cll Jackie Hollywell, Cabinet Member for Housing | Richard Protheroe, Strategic Director |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | Adrian Scarrott, Assistant Director - Housing Management and Communities | |
Tendring District Council | Cllr Andy Baker, Housing Portfolio Holder | Tim Clarke, Assistant Director for Housing and Environment |
London Borough of Wandsworth | Cllr Aydin Dikerdem - ARCH Chair, Cabinet Member for Housing | Brian Reilly, Executive Director of Housing and Regeneration |
Warwick District Council | Cllr Paul Wightman, Housing Portfolio Holder | Lisa Barker, Head of Housing |
West Lancashire District Council | Cllr Nicola Pryce-Roberts, Cabinet Member for Housing & Landlord Services | Jacqui Sinnott-Lacey, Director of Hopusing and Inclusion |
ARCH Tenant Group Representatives | Stella Parkin, ARCH Tenants' Group Chair Wyn Marshall, ARCH Tenants' Group Vice Chair | |
The ARCH Tenant Group receives regular updates on the government’s housing policy & legislative programme and feeds tenant views into the ARCH Executive to inform the ARCH response to key issues affecting the sector. The Group shapes the programme for the ARCH annual tenants’ conference and is instrumental in organising the conference.
ARCH Members
Majority KEY
CON = Conservative Party | LAB = Labour Party | LD = Liberal Democrat Party | IND = Independent | NOC = No Overall Control
Organisation | Majority | Area | Council |
Arun District Council | 3,343 | South East | NOC |
Ashfield District Council | 7,000 | West Midlands | IND |
Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Council | 7,435 | East | CON |
Birmingham City Council | 62,609 | West Midlands | LAB |
Bolsover District Council | 5,144 | East Midlands | NOC |
Bournemouth District Council | 5,185 | South West | CON |
Birghton & Hove City Council | 11,563 | South East | IND |
Bristol City Council | 28,500 | South West | NOC |
Broxtowe Borough Council | 4,532 | East Midlands | NOC |
Cambridge City Council | 6,924 | East | LAB |
Cannock Chase District Council | 5,134 | West Midlands | CON |
Canterbury City Council | 5,146 | South East | CON |
Castle Point Borough Council | 1,520 | East | CON |
City of Lincoln Council | 7,800 | East Midlands | LAB |
Cheshire West & Chester Council | 5,497 | North West | LAB |
Crawley Borough Council | 7,791 | South East | NOC |
Dartford Borough Council | 4,228 | South East | CON |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 11,578 | Yorkshire and the Humber | CON |
Epping Forest District Council | 6,501 | East | CON |
Exeter City Council | 4,973 | South West | LAB |
Gateshead Council | 18,861 | North West | LAB |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council | 5,904 | East | CON |
Hull City Council | 24,512 | Yorkshire and the Humber | LAB |
Ipswich Borough Council | 8,037 | East | LAB |
Kirklees Borough Council | 22,000 | Yorkshire and the Humber | LAB |
London Borough of Croydon | 13,801 | London | LAB |
London Borough of Enfield | 15,000 | London | LAB |
London Borough of Hackney | 30,000 | London | LAB |
London Borough of Havering | 12,038 | London | NOC |
London Borough of Redbridge | 7,000 | London | LAB |
London Borough of Wandsworth | 16,796 | London | LAB |
Lewes District Council | 3,210 | South East | NOC |
Luton Borough Council | 7,934 | East | LAB |
New Forest Borough Council | 5,000 | South East | CON |
Newark and Sherwood District Council | 5,700 | East Midlands | CON |
North Kesteven District Council | 3,854 | East Midlands | NOC |
North Warwickshire Borough Council | 2,663 | West Midlands | CON |
North Yorkshire Council | 8,300 | Yorkshire and the Humber | LAB |
North West Leicestershire District Council | 4,268 | East Midlands | CON |
Norwich City Council | 15,138 | East | LAB |
Nottingham City Council | 25,492 | East Midlands | LAB |
Oxford City Council | 7,592 | South East | LAB |
Reading Borough Council | 6,881 | South East | LAB |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 20,393 | Yorkshire and the Humber | LAB |
Rugby Borough Council | 3,785 | West Midlands | CON |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 20,098 | West Midlands | LAB |
Sheffield City Council | 40,195 | Yorkshire and the Humber | LAB |
South Cambridgeshire District Council | 5,252 | East | LD |
South Derbyshire District Council | 2,973 | East Midlands | CON |
South Kesteven District Council | 6,128 | East Midlands | CON |
Southampton City Council | 16,415 | South East | CON |
Stevenege Borough Council | 7,955 | East | LAB |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 18,564 | West Midlands | CON |
Stroud District Council | 5,188 | South West | NOC |
Tendring District Council | 3,186 | East | NOC |
Thurrock Council | 10,795 | East | CON |
Uttlesford District Council | 2,812 | East | IND |
Waltham Forest Council | 10,103 | London | LAB |
Warwick District Council | 5,473 | West Midlands | NOC |
Wealden District Council | 3,000 | South East | CON |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 6,058 | North West | NOC |
Winchester City Council | 4,998 | South East | LD |
Woking Borough Council | 3,350 | South East | NOC |
Wokingham Borough Council | 2,610 | South East | CON |
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