Manningham Housing Association (MHA) has received warm praise from judges at the Housing Executive Awards.
In their formal adjudication, the judges said: “Manningham Housing Association stood out among the other strong finalists for its digital innovation and community involvement, earning Highly Commended recognition.”
The BME organisation, which manages more than 1,400 homes for over 6,000 residents in Bradford and Keighley, was a finalist in three categories for the prestigious national awards including Housing Association of the Year.
The recently completed £4.3million Odette’s Point development at Shann Lane in Keighley – delivered in partnership with Avant Homes, Homes England and Bradford Council – was also shortlisted for Best Affordable Housing Development, with Carolina Padovezi de Oliveira, MHA’s Head of Corporate Services, nominated for the Women in Social Housing Award.
The Housing Executive Awards is the UK’s dedicated social housing awards event, providing a platform to celebrate the most innovative projects in the sector and the people that make them happen.
Earlier this year, MHA was named Landlord of the Year at the Northern Housing Awards in Manchester, with Customer Panel member Tausif Mohammed winning the prize for Tenant of the Year.
As well as holding the Customer Service Excellence quality mark, MHA is the first housing association in the country to be officially accredited for its work in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and the first housing association in the world to achieve the global Standard for Diversity and Inclusion in HR Management.
Lee Bloomfield, MHA Chief Executive, said: “For a small community-based organisation, we have developed a reputation for excellence on a national level.
“To be spoken about in such positive terms by the Housing Executive Awards judges is another moment of which everyone at MHA should feel rightly proud.
“I am privileged to be surrounded by such an impressive team at every level and look forward to much more shared success in the future.”
