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mhs homes announces Marie-Claire Delbrouque as new CEO

mhs homes is pleased to announce that Marie-Claire Delbrouque has been appointed as its new chief executive. She’ll be taking up the reins from Ashley Hook who is stepping down after more than 15 years leading the organisation. Marie-Claire will leave her current position at Flagship Group where she has been managing director since 2018. […]

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South East Consortium Training Programme 2025-2026

South East Consortium’s £300,000 investment in training to support the Housing Sector – open to housing professionals and the supply chain. South East Consortium (SEC) is proud to announce a significant investment in the professional development of individuals working across the housing sector. For the first time, we’re delivering specialised courses for both housing professionals […]

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Home Front Newsletter – February 2025

The jam packed February edition of Home Front highlights ambitious ways of delivering better housing provision for  older people, the success of the Kent & Medway domestic abuse reciprocal scheme, the KHG Conference 2025, and you can find out more about housing co-ops, Community Land Trusts and the Armed Forces Covenant. There is also news […]

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KHG Conference 2025-Shaping the future of housing in Kent and Medway

The Kent Housing Group Conference 2025, in association with Birketts, takes place on Thursday 19 June at the Clive Emson Conference Centre, Kent Showground, Maidstone. This must-attend event for those involved in the housing industry in the region will bring the sector together to launch the refreshed Kent and Medway Housing Strategy for 2025-30 and […]

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Keep well this winter

Health and wellbeing The changing seasons can be one of the simple joys in life.  But cold weather can create challenges for all of us. The good news is there are many ways you can prepare yourself and your family to #GetWinterStrong – the name of government’s national winter health campaign. KCC Director of Public […]

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Medway Council scored highly for its social housing landlord service

Medway Council scores highly for its social housing landlord service A unitary authority in Kent is the latest to receive its inspection report from the Regulator of Social Housing under its new inspection programme. Medway Council has more than 3,000 social housing properties and is the first local authority in the South East to welcome […]

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Providing excellent housing for older people in Kent and Medway

More than 40 senior housing, health and care services professionals met in Ashford to look at fresh and ambitious ways of delivering better housing provision for older people living in Kent and Medway. Organised by the Kent Housing Group (KHG), the conference heard that a Task & Finish Group has been set up to create […]

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mhs homes CEO Ashley Hook to step down in 2025

Ashley Hook has made the decision to step down as Chief Executive of mhs homes in spring 2025. Ashley joined the organisation as a director in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2009. He said: “I love my job and it has been a real privilege to lead the organisation for 15 years – […]

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October Newsletter

Here is the latest edition of Home Front, the newsletter published by the Kent Housing Group, ‘the voice of housing in Kent & Medway’. KHG Home Front Issue Oct 2024 (1) Content includes winners of the annual KHG Excellence Awards, an update on our domestic abuse support campaign, customer complaint handling in the spotlight and […]

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