Family Mosaic
Type | Housing association |
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Focus | Housing |
Location |
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Area served | London, Essex and South East England |
Key people | Brendan Sarsfield (Chief Executive)[1] |
Revenue | Turnover £230m (2015)[1] |
Employees | Over 2000[2] |
Website |
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Family Mosaic is a housing association in the United Kingdom.[3][4] It has over 25,000 homes housing over 45,000 people[5] and is one of the largest housing providers in London, Essex and the South East of England.[6][5] Family Mosaic also provide care and support services to over 8,000 people.[7]
In addition to offering specialist housing for people with support needs and social housing for general needs tenants, a third strand of Family Mosaic is its role in assisting people to get onto the property ladder through leasehold shared ownership properties.
Family Mosaic runs employment training courses and activity groups for its residents.[8] It also offers welfare benefits advice.
Family Mosaic is a member of the G15 group of housing associations in London.[9]
Subsidiaries
- Charlton Triangle Homes – Owns and manages 1,162 homes in the London Borough of Greenwich.[10]
- Old Oak Housing Association – Owns and manages 669 homes in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.[10]
Controversies
Family Mosaic has been a recipient of some complaints of problems faced by residents and workers, among which: cut-off heating,[11] ceiling collapse,[12] poor care at a care home,[13] "breaching values"[14][15] and a rodent infestation[16] — amongst others.[17][18]
References
- 1 2 http://www.familymosaic.co.uk/userfiles/Documents/Annual_reports_and_accounts/FM_Accounts_2015.pdf
- ↑ http://www.familymosaic.co.uk/our-business/index.html. "Our business – Family Mosaic". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ Imrie, Rob; Lees, Loretta (24 September 2014). Sustainable London?: The future of a global city. Policy Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-1-4473-1060-0.
- ↑ "EIB lines up a further £580m in association loans – News – Inside Housing". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- 1 2 http://www.familymosaic.co.uk/about-us/index.html. "About us – Family Mosaic". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.familymosaic.co.uk/userfiles/Documents/CorporateBrochure.pdf
- ↑ http://www.familymosaic.co.uk/care-and-support-services/index.html. "Care and Support Services – Family Mosaic". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Family Mosaic announce new service arrangements". 9 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee (23 March 2010). Beyond decent homes: fourth report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-215-54497-1.
- 1 2 http://charltontriangle.org.uk/about-us/. "About us". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ Lunn, Emma (3 October 2014). "Housing association residents 'cut off from heating five months of the year'". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "'Ignored' Family Mosaic tenant hurt in ceiling collapse – BBC News". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Family Mosaic home criticised by Care Quality Commission – News – Inside Housing". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ Bartholomew, Emma. "Family Mosaic accused of 'breaching values'". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ McKay, Jessica (March 14, 2015). "Housing company makes support workers homeless". Hackney Post. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Rat infestation causes misery for housing association tenants". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ Hopps, Kat (June 8, 2016). "Stratford families 'annoyed' with housing association employees for taking their parking bays". Newham Recorder. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ↑ "'My whole flat smells like a dirty, wet towel because of damp' says mum". southwarknews.com. Southwark News. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
Further reading
- Lunn, Emma (October 3, 2014). "Housing association residents 'cut off from heating five months of the year'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- "'Ignored' Family Mosaic tenant hurt in ceiling collapse". BBC News. March 30, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- Bartholomew, Emma (March 31, 2015). "Family Mosaic accused of 'breaching values'". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- McKay, Jessica (March 14, 2015). "Housing company makes support workers homeless". Hackney Post. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- "Care company transfers contract after two years". Bexhill Observer. March 18, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- Hopps, Kat (June 8, 2016). "Stratford families 'annoyed' with housing association employees for taking their parking bays". Newham Recorder. Retrieved July 30, 2016.