Agreement between groups

Two housing organisations have announced a new collaborative working agreement to oversee developments in Perth.

Kingdom Housing Association and Fairfield Housing Co-operative have been working together since 2005 when Kingdom completed its first housing development in Perth and entered into an agreement with Fairfield for the management of the homes and tenancies.

The partnership has continued, with Kingdom developing new projects for Fairfield to increase the co-operative’s housing numbers.

During this period, Kingdom has continued to develop its own housing projects in the Perth and Kinross area and these new homes are managed by the co-operative.

Over the last 18 months, Fairfield has been working closely with the Scottish Housing Regulator to improve governance and management arrangements at the co-operative.

The collaborative working agreement ensures shared services will be provided.

Bob McDougall, Fairfield Housing Co-operative’s chair, said: “This means we now have shared services agreements for chief executive services, governance, financial management, and strategic asset management.

“These services will provide the support Fairfield needs to move forward as a well governed, stable organisation able to build on our progress over the last year and to focus even more strongly on achieving excellent customer and property services.”

Fairfield owns and manages over 500 homes in Perth and Kinross and as part of Kingdom’s new build development programme, it will also own a similar number of properties in the area over the next two years.

The partnership working will mean that managing over 1000 homes in the area will provide enhanced opportunities for efficiencies and service delivery.