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We want people to be excited by our Strategic Plan. It reflects the fact that two strong, ambitious registered providers with a clear synergy and alignment in culture and vision have joined forces to develop a significant regional housing Group. The additional capacity brought as a result of this will be actively invested in housing delivery across the Midlands and surrounding areas. We will:

• DEVELOP 2000 new homes per year (by year 5 post merger)
• DELIVER £12m efficiencies per year (by year 5 post merger)
• TRANSFORM the way we deliver services to customers and communities particularly through digital channels
• ESTABLISH and grow the in-house Property Care business to £50m turnover per year
• PROVIDE career opportunities for existing staff, ATTACT the best talent and INCREASE the number of apprenticeship opportunities

Our key strategic drivers are:

• Strong financial stability from which to grow and develop

• Robust asset management that invests significantly in our existing housing

• Ambitious development programme to help tackle the shortage of quality affordable housing

• Improvement(s) to local services and development of digital services that meet customer needs

• Development of our relationships with our customers and key partners to work together to achieve our shared ambitions

You can find out more by reading our full Strategic Plan document - CLICK HERE to download the pdf [3mb]

We are always on the look out for the best talent to come and join our team. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everybody. You can find our jobs on the following pages:

Platform Housing Group

Waterloo Housing

Fortis Living

Waterloo Housing and Fortis Living are coming together to form Platform Housing Group.

The group will be one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands, with around 1,200 staff, over 120,000 customers and 45,000 homes from Herefordshire in the West to the Lincolnshire coast in the East, and from the Derbyshire Dales in the North to the Cotswolds in the South.

With an annual turnover of £231m, the new business promises to use its new found combined financial strength to have an even bigger impact in the local communities where they work.

The current Waterloo Housing Chief Executive David Pickering will lead the new organisation, with Fortis Living Chief Executive Guy Weston remaining in the business for the coming six months to help deliver a smooth transition.

Chief Executive David Pickering, said:

"The creation of Platform Housing Group is good news for our customers, for our colleagues and for our communities. As a larger, stronger business we will be better equipped to maximise efficiencies and to invest more in building more homes and improving local services."

Guy Weston, Fortis Living Chief Executive, said:

"The newly-shaped group builds on two strong track records of providing quality homes, services and community support. By coming together we can consolidate our resources and use our combined capacity to make a real and positive difference where it is most needed."

Platform Housing Group will have a combined development pipeline of over 18,000 homes over the next ten years, and will be able to build an extra 500 more homes a year across a range of tenures, than either organisation could have done separately.

The creation of the new group will cause no immediate change in day-to-day landlord activities, with both Waterloo Housing and Fortis Living continuing to operate as part of the Group.