The next meeting will give the opportunity to hear from Jim Ripley, Chief Executive of Phoenix Community Housing about how co-operative solutions for housing are working in practice locally.
Phoenix Community Housing is a not-for-profit resident-led housing association based in Lewisham, owning and managing more than 6,000 homes in the Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Whitefoot and Downham, and is now starting to build its first new homes.
Phoenix was named the UK’s 3rd best landlord for 2018 by 24housing magazine – the fourth time running they have been listed among the top 10.
Jim Ripley has worked in social housing for more than 30 years and has been Chief Executive of Phoenix Community Housing since 2007. He was previously Divisional Director of Housing at the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Regional Director for Servite Housing Association and also held management roles at the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Tower Hamlets. His experience covers all aspects of housing from homelessness management, multi-million pound capital programmes and expansive development programmes.
Buses: 136, 181, 208, 320, 54, N136, N47 stop outside The Green Man. Bus 54 stops on Beckenham Hill Road and the 336 stops at the bottom of Southend Lane and Whitefoot Lane. Rail: Beckenham Hill and Bellingham