association industry social housing founded 13th september 1996 13th september 1996 founder steve stride headquarters london england area served poplar services housing community regeneration operating income 39 million 2011 net income 9.3 million 2011 total assets 183 million 2011 number of employees 284 fte 2011 website poplarharca.co.uk footnotes references source statutory accounts brownfield estate after redevelopment 2014 poplar harca housing and regeneration community association is a housing association in the east end of london england . it is the landlord of about 9 000 homes in the poplar area a quarter of which have been sold leasehold ; the remainder are let on assured tenancies at subsidised rent levels . the association focuses on community regeneration as part of its core mission with a neighbourhood centre on each estate . it is part of the placeshapers network of housing associations and works on improving infrastructure services activities employment health and education in the area . 1 contents 1 history 2 management 3 awards 4 external links 5 references history edit poplar harca was set up by the london borough of tower hamlets to regenerate the area especially certain council estates whose residents voted to transfer to the new body . parts of seven estates about 4 500 homes transferred to poplar harca on 23rd march 1998 . the following year tenants on further estates voted to remain with the council . however after a lengthy consultation of all council estates in tower hamlets begun in 2002 several more estates in poplar did transfer between 2005 and 2007 . the final ballots were on several estates in east india ward with a 78 % majority in favour of transfer in 2006 2 including the iconic balfron tower ; and coventry cross estate with 65 % in 2007 . 3 reshaping poplar poplar harca has refurbished all its existing housing stock and brought it up to standard . its reshaping poplar agenda is a twelve year plan to update improve and replace this housing developing hundreds of new homes alongside parks health and education facilities . 4 john denham secretary of state for communities and local government met residents to discuss the plans in september 2009 . 5 in 2012 poplar harca and willmott dixon obtained planning permission for a joint redevelopment of the aberfeldy estate . the plans include 1 100 new homes and improved amenities to be provided over 12 years . 6 7 management edit the constitution allows for twelve board members including seven resident directors tenants or leaseholders one local councillor and up to four independent members . there are a further three focus committees finance and general purposes services and audit and risk . as of july 2014 the chair of the main poplar board is bernadette conroy and the vice chair is rev. james olanipekun a resident . 8 poplar harca has also formally incorporated youth empowerment into its management structure . its youth empowerment board is formally represented in the governance of the association . 9 the corporate management team comprising chief executive steve stride and five directors is responsible for the day to day functions of poplar harca . the audit commission s last inspection in 2007 awarded poplar harca two stars out of three with promising prospects for improvement . 10 poplar harca s community and neighbourhoods team can often in partnership with other associations work on projects that help residents to find new jobs empower them to improve their local area or develop and improve their physical mental emotional social and educational wellbeing . 11 awards edit in april 2014 chief executive steve stride was featured in 24housing magazine s 2014 power player top 50 list at number nine . 12 poplar harca was voted social housing provider of the year at the sustainable housing awards 2013 . 13 finalist at the uk housing awards 2013 for community led initiative of the year . this was for the poplar and bow network . 14 it won two awards at the sustainable housing awards 2012 partnership of the year for the eco homes project and the transformation award for the redevelopment of leopold park . 15 poplar harca won the asb actionnet award 2011 16 for innovative legal action to deal with neighbours from hell . 17 18 it won the tenant empowerment team of the year award at the chartered institute of housing s housing heroes awards 2010 . 19 it won the guardian s public services award 2009 in the housing and regeneration category for its family intervention project . 20 community safety manager sarah castro was awarded an mbe in the 2009 new year honours list . this was for her work tackling anti social behaviour in poplar and tower hamlets . 21 poplar harca s chair from 2002 to 2009 christine searle mbe was named one of the 25 most influential people in social housing by inside housing magazine in march 2009 . 22 she was one of the founder resident directors of poplar harca and her mbe was awarded in june 2004 in recognition of her community work . 23 winner of the housing corporation s 2007 gold award for empowering communities 24 finalist of inbiz national housing federation 2006 housing awards best neighbour 25 in partnership with lincoln area regeneration group 2006 green pennant awarded for chiltern green 26 in partnership with lincoln area regeneration group highly commended in chartered institute of housing 2004 uk housing award for best led community initiative chiltern green 27 2001 commendation for best in community regeneration bura charitable trust 28 in partnership with countryside plc burdett estate renewal was voted best partnership development in the 2001 what house awards 29 external links edit poplar harca official website 2007 statistics at the tenant services authority website teviot estate in pictures at bbc news website references edit poplar harca placeshapers website better quality of life tower hamlets council website 18 dec 2007 . retrieved 21 jan 2008 . coventry cross estate vote in favour to transfer to poplar harca tower hamlets website 14 dec 2007 . retrieved 21 jan 2008 . reshaping poplar implementation framework leaside regeneration 2009 . denham sees poplar harca s plans for the area london housing news 14 sep 2009 gavriel hollander east london regen project given green light inside housing 13 july 2012 aberfeldy village casey fierro architects board members on poplar harca website we don t really do it like that dear inside housing 27 nov 2009 inspection report by the audit commission . retrieved 12 oct 2009 . can annual report popar harca 2012 13 24housing power players list 24housing sustainable housing awards 2013 inside housing ukha 2013 finalists cih.org sustainable housing award 2012 inside housing the asbactionnet awards 2011 lemos & crane . asb actionnet award shortlist . lemos & crane . tenants evicted for bad behaviour bbc 30 september 2009 1 we are family poplar s family intervention project is giving minor offenders a chance to get back on track the guardian 25 nov 2009 new year honours list mbes the guardian 31 dec 2008 hall of fame inside housing 27 mar 2009 residents will not tolerate this profile of christine searle in housing horizons the guardian 10 feb 2009 2007 gold awards on housing corporation website 2006 awards on nhf website 2006 green pennant countryside.gov.uk . retrieved 8 oct 2007 . 2004 winners on cih website . retrieved 8 oct 2008 . bura 2001 winners sponsored by english partnerships countryside plc wins award for burdett estate v t e housing associations in london g15 a2 dominion affinity sutton amicus horizon catalyst circle east thames family mosaic genesis hyde l & q metropolitan notting hill network peabody southern national associations in london anchor guinness pfp local associations aiha hornsey kensington poplar harca housing cooperatives clays lane glenkerry house thamesmead housing co operative retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title poplar harca & oldid 707444446 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