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accordgroup.org.uk /value-for-money Introduction Akshay Parikh Accord Group Chair The Accord Group owns and manages over 13,000 homes delivering a range of housing, care and commercial services throughout the Dr Chris Handy OBE Midlands. In addition to core housing and care Accord Group Chief Executive & support services, the Group’s work includes providing culturally sensitive services, services to housing co-operatives and supporting a range of community empowerment and customer led initiatives. The Accord Group is an award-winning organisation, for example winning the Outstanding Development of the Year award in the 2015 UK Housing Awards and the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development as lead Matrix partner. The need for good quality, affordable housing remains one of the key priorities of the government and Accord continues its proven track record of delivering new housing supply across a range of tenure types. The recently completed Affordable Housing Programme saw the Group deliver around 800 new homes for local communities. Accord’s commitment to the supply of new housing continues to support the economic regeneration of communities across Birmingham, the Black Country and surrounding areas. Once again, Accord as lead partner in the Matrix Housing Partnership development vehicle, has achieved top quartile performance and remains one of the Homes & Community Agency’s top performers. 10 Accord Group