Housing Finance is the most complex and rapidly changing area of local authority finance. The Housing Revenue Account has its distinct requirements, and then there are the effects of changes in housing subsidy, rent restructuring and housing revenue account business planning to consider.
We have completed Business Plans for Kings Lynn and Slough Borough Councils and have carried out reviews of the Housing Revenue Account for Doncaster Borough Council and High Peak Borough Council.
Doncaster Borough Council also requested assistance with improving their repairs and maintenance programmes in response to an adverse Best Value inspection; and High Peak Borough Council requested advice with benchmarking and restructuring of their 'Building Solutions' service as part of making preparations to establish an Arms Length Management Organisation. We assisted Preston City Council with Housing Revenue Account Business Planning. The analysis that 'AWICS' carried out has enabled those councils to improve their services to the benefit of their tenants.