In April 2004, Affinity was awarded a contract by Reading Borough Council under the Government's Private Finance Initiative to manage, maintain and refurbish the Council owned stock of around 1300 properties on the North Whitley estate. The project has been a huge success and some of our achievements and successes include:

Top quartile performance on a range of key performance indicators such as repairs turnaround times on empty homes, responses to written enquiries and rent arrears.

Completion of the refurbishment programme 9 months ahead of schedule

First social housing project in the country to produce a Tenant Compact

Excellent partnerships and working relationships with key stakeholders in the area and

Selected as one of three finalists - for the Best Operational Local Government Projects - at the Public Private Finance Awards in 2007.

Experience of working within a housing/maintenance environment

Proven ability to deliver high quality customer responsive services.

Effective organisational and time management skills

Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Commitment to equality of opportunity and valuing diversity

Able to represent the organisation effectively and to maintain and build relationships and partnerships with the partners to the PFI scheme and all other stakeholders.

Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage over 50,000 homes and various community assets, serving 114,000 customers. Silva Homes joined Abri in October 2023 making the group a financially stronger and more resilient organisation. To help deliver our services Abri work with 36 local authorities and 63 different parliamentary constituencies alongside partners in our community.

We're delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it's needed most

We're investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone