TeamTalk- September Edition Issue 9 Issue 9

www.ahintranet.org.uk/teamtalkEdition 67 - September 2015 Our Lansdowne Green event proved to be a big success I hope you’ve all had a great summer and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. It’s been a very busy period. We’ve had some amazing community events held across London, Kent and Sussex. Well done to everybody involved in making these events such a huge success. Our fantastic International Day at Lansdowne Green even featured in Inside Housing magazine which is great publicity for us. Staying true to our roots You may have read about Genesis and Aster Group and their thoughts on ending development of homes for sub-market rent, and only building new homes for shared ownership and market sale. Although this might make financial sense, it’s not something we’re planning to do. We’re determined to stay true to our roots, however tough the operating environment gets. We want to carry on meeting a range of housing needs, including housing the poorest in society. This was important to our founders 51 years ago and is equally important to us today. Our financial plan We’re busy reworking our financial plan which will be submitted into the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in October. It means we’re relooking at our development programme to make sure we maximise the viability of our schemes and looking at how we can drive greater efficiency in our operations. Going for Gold Finally, we’re back on track with our gold medal targets. We’re heading towards the final straight and it’s important we keep the momentum going to achieve our goal of becoming Number One Large Landlord by March 2016.