Get involved as a landlord

Firstly – if you haven’t already done so, you can show your support and solidarity with tackling stigma by becoming a campaign member.  Landlords can become corporate members – staff and others can become supporter members.  Its FREE to join.  Go HERE to complete the membership form.  

The Stop Social Housing Stigma campaign is tenant-led, but we all need to work together to tackle social housing stigma and we particularly want to work in partnership with landlords who support our aims to tackle social housing stigma.

The campaign has been working in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Housing and Tenant Participation Advisory Services since we were set up in 2017.  We are now working with them and the University of Durham and Sheffield Hallam University to develop a tackling stigma journey planner to tackle social housing stigma.

For landlords, it is intended that working with us to tackle social housing stigma will contribute to your compliance with regulatory standards – most notably the Conduct and Competency Standard and the Transparency, Influence and Accountability Standard. 

There are many ways you can help the campaign.  Landlords can:

  • encourage tenants, staff, contractors, consultants, suppliers and trade bodies to become members of the STOP SOCIAL HOUSING STIGMA campaign
  • discuss the STOP SOCIAL HOUSING STIGMA tackling stigma journey planner when it is developed later in 2024
  • offer to become a STOP SOCIAL HOUSING STIGMA pioneer traveller to help in the development of the journey planner
  • once you have become a member, participate in our online Tackling Stigma Officer Group
  • commission the STOP SOCIAL HOUSING STIGMA campaign to carry out a stigma discussion session with your tenants and staff
  • display the STOP SOCIAL HOUSING STIGMA campaign logo on your website and in your email footers
  • display the STOP SOCIAL HOUSING STIGMA campaign’s poster throughout your workplace
  • work with your tenants to publicise the issue of social housing stigma locally – in the local media and with local politicians and MPs
  • work with the contractors you use to consider and address social housing stigma locally
  • update your staff handbook and staff management procedures to ensure that you address social housing stigma locally

  • consider the enhanced FRIEND membership offer available HERE

                    We’d be interested to hear which of the above methods of supporting the campaign would be right for you.  Please let us know any thoughts you have about tackling social housing stigma.