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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Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) Health and Housing Workshop organised by Kent Housing Group
More than 50 people working in health, social care, housing and related professionals gathered in Maidstone to consider key issues facing the sector and to brainstorm innovative ways in which services can be improved for people living in Kent and Medway. Organised by the Kent Housing Group (KHG), delegates were addressed by sector leaders before […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
Celebrating Success at the KHG Excellence Awards
Teams and individuals working in the housing sector across the county have enjoyed success in the annual Kent Housing Group (KHG) Excellence Awards. The awards – the Oscars for our regional housing sector – celebrate the very best projects, professionals and partnerships across housing in Kent and Medway. KHG Chair Brian Horton said: “I know that […]
Keeping homes cool this summer
From Kent County Council’s Director of Public Health, Dr Anjan Ghosh Spells of hot weather may currently be relatively short-lived in the UK. But their impact on people’s health are still significant. Every year the UK experiences excess deaths when temperatures soar. With joint Office for National Statistics (ONS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) […]
Home Front, July 2024 – awards, new starts & sign ups…
Home Front, July 2024 , our e-newsletter brings you news about: the countdown to the KHG Excellence Awards, the foundations being laid for the development of the new Kent and Medway Housing Strategy, Kent & Medway domestic abuse reciprocal scheme’s anniversary and much more!