Kate Henderson - Chief Executive, National Housing Federation
The Federation welcomes MORhomes mission to support the provision of social and affordable housing in the UK as a central borrowing vehicle for not for profit, registered social housing providers. We believe it has the potential to bring material benefits to the housing associations involved and lead to much-needed homes being developed.
Stuart Ropke - Chief Executive, Community Housing Cymru
MORHomes have been a welcome addition to the Welsh housing association sector in recent years. As the sector’s ambition to build the social homes Wales needs increases, we look forward to continuing to work with them to ensure the sector is able to access the finance it needs.
Mark Mayler, - Group Finance Director, Selwood Housing,
https://www.selwoodhousing.com/
We appreciate the work that MORhomes has put in to complete this deal in a very challenging market and are very pleased with the outcome. The speed that all sides were able to turn around the requirements for the transaction to be processed were faster than we could have achieved anywhere else. This will help us mitigate current short term interest rate risks as we continue our work to provide local affordable homes.
- 12/08/2022
Nickie Hallard - Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited
We are really pleased to be working with MORhomes. As a mutual housing society, our new funding agreement will help us to deliver on the priorities set out by our tenant and employee members - including building more new homes, continuing our regeneration programme and helping us to move our existing homes towards the ambitious Greater Manchester carbon neutral target of 2038
- 18/01/2022
Iain Grieve - Executive Finance Director, Broadland Housing Association Limited
https://www.broadlandgroup.org/
At Broadland we are focused on sustainability across all parts of our organisation. Our involvement with MORhomes and their Sustainability Bond has provided us with an opportunity to demonstrate our ESG credentials and obtain competitively priced long-term funding that will allow us to develop new affordable homes.
- 18/01/2022
Tom Woodman - Chief Executive , Cornerstone Housing Limited
https://www.cornerstonehousing.net/
We are in both a climate crisis and a housing crisis, so it’s very timely to be part of this new sustainability bond that will help Cornerstone deliver much-needed new affordable homes at high energy-efficiency standards. The MORhomes process was swift and effective, and we are pleased to be part of this
- 16/11/2021
David Smith - Director of Resources , Broadacres Housing Association
https://www.broadacres.org.uk/
We are delighted with the outcome of this exercise with MORhomes Plc, which completes our comprehensive refinancing cycle. The process of securing £16.1m, from a new lender for Broadacres, was swift, at a time of considerable economic uncertainty and represents excellent value for money. Broadacres will use the funds to continue investing in new and existing homes, across North Yorkshire, focussing on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability coupled with maintaining our excellent customer experience.
- 04/11/2021
Elizabeth Howard - Director of Finance, Melin Homes
https://morhomes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Melin-SHA-case-study-April-2021-R.pdf
[On MORhomes' Sustainable Housing Assessment]
MORhomes' SHA process has really galvanised Melin’s teams. One of the outcomes is that we will be setting up a new Sustainability Working Group with representation from all Melin departments…
The process of completing the MORhomes SHA was clear and straightforward ...It’s great to have our evaluation report to refer back to.
Karen Cunliffe - Assistant Director of Finance, Calico Homes Ltd
At Calico, we are committed to continuing our ambitious development strategy and are delighted that we have been able to secure funding from MORhomes, which will help us to achieve further growth. We are impressed by how quick and efficient the process has been. The minimal covenants, the flexibility in the security arrangements, ease of putting the funds in place, as well as the competitive rates, made this option particularly attractive. This funding will allow us to develop over 400 additional properties over the next 4 years, creating homes and investing in communities where everyone thrives.
- 26/03/2021
David Joyce - Director of Finance, Housing Solutions
https://www.housingsolutions.co.uk/
Housing Solutions has a fantastic track record of building more quality homes. We are delighted with the market interest and the pricing result which underlines the support for the sector and Housing Solutions. The funds will enable Housing Solutions to further pursue our mission by delivering much needed energy efficient affordable homes for local people
- 26/01/2021
David Hall - Executive Director of Resources, Eastlight Community Homes
https://www.eastlighthomes.co.uk/
The terms of the funding model offered by MOR Homes suited Eastlight very well and we are very pleased to have been able to access the market so quickly. This will enable us to deliver our significant investment commitments and continue to build more affordable new homes in Essex and beyond.
- 26/10/2020
Gloria Yang - Finance Director, Origin Housing
https://www.originhousing.org.uk/
We are very pleased to raise new funds through the sector lending vehicle, MORhomes. The process is thoroughly efficient, enabling us to capitalise on the market movement, with flexibility around security. The funds will support our development pipeline to deliver much needed affordable housing in our local communities.
- 02/10/2020
Anne Costain - Executive Director of Resources, Thrive
https://www.thrivehomes.org.uk/
At Thrive we are committed to delivering more homes in our area of operation and this funding through MORhomes helps us achieve that aim. Many thanks to the MORhomes team for delivering this in the current challenging market. I feel that in the current climate the price negotiated by MORhomes is value for money for Thrive.
- 15/04/2020
Peter Crockett - Deputy Chief Executive, Melin Homes
Whilst these are challenging times for the country, the team at MORhomes have worked diligently to ensure that funding remains readily available when required, which will ensure that services can continue to be provided and much needed homes can be built. It was a pleasure to work alongside Thrive to achieve a deal that worked for both parties against the backdrop of a continually moving market. This is our second drawdown from MORhomes and shows the benefit of having the Standby Liquidity Agreement in place where we achieved a very competitive all in strike price that will now give a greater degree of certainty of costs over the coming months ahead. Once again the process was made simple due to the expertise of the team and its advisors.
- 15/04/2020
Philippa Butler - Finance Director, North Devon Homes (NDH)
Our Board was keen to progress with MORhomes as a funding option due to its flexibility and responsiveness and we are very pleased with the outcome. The credit and documentation process was straightforward and only took six weeks to complete from our initial expression of interest.
Once our Board had formally approved the commitment to borrow, it took just two working days to secure the funding with MORhomes who were keen to secure a good rate in a volatile market.
Overall the time and resources required from us were far less than for any previous funding exercise we have been involved in. The MORhomes funding was an attractive option due to the flexibility of the security arrangements and not being restricted by financial covenants.
There was excellent collaboration from all involved and the MORhomes team proved their skill and efficiency in delivering the funding within our agreed targets. This is a great outcome for NDH, allowing us to continue and develop our plans to invest in services and bring forward more affordable homes across North Devon.
- 19/11/2019
Sue Bate - Executive Director of Finance, Wandle Housing Association
We were very impressed with how quickly and efficiently the MORhomes team completed this deal. It enabled Wandle to take advantage of low interest rates and we particularly valued the minimal business covenants and restrictions.
The credit process was quick and transparent and MORhomes’ standard documentation added to the speed and efficiency of the process which lasted just four weeks from Board approval to confirmation of funds.
As one of the initial investors in MORhomes we are delighted to be the first "tap" borrower and secure funding at rates which will help deliver our Long Term Financial Plan. Ultimately this will enable us to build more homes and improve the services we can provide to our residents.
- 31/10/2019
Jitinder Takha - Chief Executive Officer, Local Space Ltd
Housing Associations are expected to ensure appropriate levels of liquidity under the Regulatory Standards. This is even more important in the current uncertain financial situation surrounding Brexit. The MORhomes aggregator vehicle has provided Local Space with quick and flexible access to the public bond market on less onerous terms than would otherwise have been possible. For example, the option to delay putting up security is enormously valuable to a small organisation such as ours where there are generally fewer resources. MORhomes provides a line of funding that meets our needs as is an initiative established by professionals who understand the housing sector and its challenges.
- 12/02/2019
Gareth Yeoman-Evans - Director of Finance and IT, Hafod Resources
We’re delighted to be part of MORhomes’ inaugural bond issue. This new funding improves our ability to manage liquidity risks going forward and puts us in a strong financial position to deliver our strategic plan.
The application and credit process was transparent and efficient. Furthermore, the structure of the transaction provides significant benefits to us including flexibility on types of security offered and no onerous corporate financial covenants.
We look forward to working with MORhomes and colleagues from across the sector to ensure much needed finance is secured for the sector.
- 12/02/2019
Bruce Shelmerdine - Finance Director, MHS Homes (Heart of Medway)
Working with MORhomes was a pleasure. The information required is straightforward and easy to pull together, and we got an answer quickly
- 12/02/2019
Chris Benn - Group Finance Director, ASTER
As a forward-thinking housing association with a diversified funding mix, it’s important for us to be part of the MORhomes initiative. The structure is flexible and efficient, particularly in regard to our shared ownership assets, which are an increasingly intrinsic part of our strategy and portfolio.
As a member, it also means that when required, we’ll be able to access the markets quickly to support our development programme and ongoing business needs. We’re confident MORhomes will continue to benefit its members, as well as other housing associations in time, allowing investors to deploy their capital in our sector and helping to finance the thousands of new affordable homes that Britain needs.
- 12/02/2019
Robert Young - Finance and IT Director, SYHA
SYHA is delighted to participate in MORHomes’ first issue. Its structure will help achieve the financing and refinancing plans we have for our business. The aspects which are of particular help are having an annual credit limit set in advance, the ability to access markets quickly in the future, and to put security in place after drawdown of funds
- 12/02/2019