Watmos Community Homes joins Matrix Housing Partnership
WATMOS Community Homes has joined the Matrix Housing Partnership with the aim of building new homes that will be locally managed.
Matrix is a partnership between Accord, Ashram, Caldmore, Rooftop, Trent and Dove and Trident housing associations which together with WATMOS now provides almost 25,000 homes across the Midlands.
WATMOS Community Homes is a charitable group of eight Tenant Management Organisations which manage 1,700 homes in Walsall. It delivers excellent services with a demonstrated commitment to tenant control and empowerment.
WATMOS now plans to develop up to 200 new homes through Matrix over the next two to five years, creating several new TMOs in the process.
Through Matrix it will also share knowledge and best practise, particularly in working with residents in improving standards. Matrix also leads in developing low carbon homes and technology, diversity, resident involvement and creating jobs & social enterprise.
WATMOS Chair Terry Edis: “WATMOS is all about putting tenants first. Local people work together to create the kind of communities where they want to live. Our estates are managed by the tenants and our service standards and delivery reflect the needs of our customers”
“The Matrix Partnership is a group of community-based organisations with a reputation for placing residents at the heart of everything that it does, so is an ideal partner for us and our tenants.
“Through joint working, Matrix is driving up service standards and influencing housing policy locally, regionally and nationally and we are delighted to be able to contribute to that.”
Mike Pritty, Chair of Matrix, said: “Matrix enables the partners to share ideas and best practice, spread some overhead costs and together have a significant national voice on key issues in housing today while remaining completely independent.
“WATMOS is an excellent organisation which is leading the way in community-based housing and we are delighted it has decided to join the partnership. It brings a wealth of experience and expertise and we look forward to sharing that knowledge.”
About WATMOS Community Homes
WATMOS is a unique landlord owning just over 1700 homes for rent in the Walsall area. The organisation is based around eight Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs) who have successfully managed their own estates for many years. We value tenant management and believe that local people should decide how their housing services are run. As a charitable housing association, the main role of WATMOS is to provide accommodation for people in housing need.
The eight TMOs which form WATMOS are: