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 Representative

Birmingham City Council		Naomi Morris, Head of Housing Strategy
Castle Point District Council	Cllr Stephen Lillis	Ian Butt, Director of Housing
Sheffield City Council	Cllr Douglas Johnson, Chair of Housing Policy Commitee	Ajman Ali, Assistant Director of Housing
Stevenage Borough Council	Cllr Loraine Rossati, Cabinet Member for Housing	Richard Protheroe, Strategic Director
Stoke-on-Trent City Council		Paul Parkinson, Director of Housing Management
Tendring District Council	Cllr Andy Baker, Housing Portfolio Holder	Tim Clarke, Assistant Director for Housing and Environment
London Borough of Wandsworth	Cllr Matthew Corner, Cabinet Member for Housing, ARCH Chair	Kay Willman, Director of Housing Strategy
Warwick District Council	Cllr Jess Melrose, Cabinet Member for Housing	Kristian Melgaard, Head of Housing
West Lancashire District Council		Alan Leicester, Director of Housing
ARCH Tenant Group Representatives	Stella Parkin, ARCH Tenants' Group Chair Sue Hodgson, 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
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
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole UA	10,169	South West	CON
Birghton & Hove City Council	11,563	South East	IND
Broxtowe Borough Council	4,532	East Midlands	NOC
Bury MDC	7673	North West	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
Cheltenham BC	4551	South West	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
Exeter City Council	4,973	South West	LAB
Gateshead Council	18,861	North West	LAB
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	5,904	East	CON
Ipswich Borough Council	8,037	East	LAB
Kirklees Borough Council	22,000	Yorkshire and the Humber	LAB
Lewes & Eastbourne Councils	7,800	South East
Lincoln City Council	7,800	East Midlands
London Borough of Croydon	13,801	London	LAB
London Borough of Hackney	30,000	London	LAB
London Borough of Wandsworth	16,796	London	LAB
Luton Borough Council	7,607	East	NOC
Manchester City Council	15,086	North West
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
Somerset UA	9,737	South West
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
Stevenage 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
Warwick District Council	5,473	West Midlands	NOC
West Lancashire Borough Council	6,058	North West	NOC
Wokingham Borough Council	2,610	South East	CON

Members.

ARCH represents over 60 stock-retained councils in England
We act as a collective, non-political voice for councils with housing
Officers, councillors and tenants of ARCH member authorities can register for access to member-only content on this site.