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Specialist networks

Welcome to The Housing Quality Network's specialist networks page. For further information about joining any of the specialist support services listed below, please email us at hqn@hqnetwork.co.uk
Ageing Communities Excellence Network

ACEnet supports providers to help ensure that their older people's housing services are fit for purpose, through benchmarking, member surveys, updates, best practice groups and briefings.

Download the ACEnet brochure
Housing Finance Expert

Online advice and guidance covering the basics of housing finance in all sectors, plus a do-it-yourself guide to major initiatives to help you avoid hefty consultancy fees. From budgets to business planning to investment appraisal, hf:expert helps you make the most of your own skills in day- to-day business and evaluating big decisions. It de-mystifies housing finance.

Benefits include a best practice A-Z, quarterly mailings and fortnightly email updates, question and answer email support, website to post queries and share information, regular events and jobs to view and advertise.

Download the hf:expert brochure
Leasehold Excellence Network

The Leasehold Excellence Network is a resource for anyone working with leaseholders in social housing who wants to improve service delivery AND increase leaseholder satisfaction. Useful for local authorities, ALMOs and housing associations, it aims to help providers compare policy and practice, measure and evaluate performance and identify innovations in the sector.

Download the LEN brochure
Rent Income Excellence Network

Innovation, ideas and best practice on all aspects of rent collection with a track record of helping improve members' performance. Over 190 members feeding in experience and sharing problems and solutions.

Download the RIEN brochure
The Excellence in Health and Safety Network

The first national network devoted to health and safety in housing. Provides best practice, briefings and bulletins, plus a groundbreaking health and safety benchmarking exercise. It gives health and safety professionals the information they need to protect employees, tenants (and employers). Features an exclusive Ask-the-Lawyer hotline and an ‘info-share’ programme to match similar organisations to share procedures and practices.

Download the SAFETYnet brochure
Strategic Excellence Network

The knowledge and skills needed to deliver the strategic housing function grow all the time. It needs an awareness of the strategic links between national, regional and local levels, and calls for analytical skills, marketing, negotiating and influencing.

SEN is a key resource for anyone delivering an effective strategic housing function. Benefits include briefings, weekly updates and bi-monthly newsletters, the website and networking opportunities through workshops and best practice events. SEN takes the hard work out of translating the national and local agenda into local actions.

Download the SEN brochure
Successful Neighbourhood Excellence Network

SUNnet provides everything you need to introduce or develop a response to more effective neighbourhood working which will transform estates/localities and is appropriate to the needs of YOUR organisation.

Download the SUNnet brochure
The Excellence in Asset Management Network

The practical no-nonsense network developing skills in all aspects of asset management, especially repairs and maintenance. This network is also relevant to contractors and suppliers. It keeps members abreast of emerging issues and provides an asset management knowledge base second to none.

Download the TEAMnet brochure

  • “The Rent Income Excellence Network has provided the Accord Group and its member organisations with invaluable benchmarking opportunities and the chance to share good practice on all aspects of income collection and financial inclusion. We have learned from others before re-inventing the wheel and hopefully been able to help others in return!”

    Wendy Powell, Director of Housing, Accord Housing Association Limited