A BRADFORD housing association has been awarded the top rating again by the Regulator of Social Housing.

Manningham Housing Association has been awarded a G1 rating for governance and V1 for financial viability.

The formal judgement follows a run of success for MHA, which manages more than 1,400 homes for over 6,000 residents in Bradford and Keighley.    

Founded in 1986, it is the first housing association in the country to be officially accredited for its work in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

In the past year, MHA has won the Northern Housing Team of the Year Award, Northern Housing Tenant of the Year Award, Housing Heroes Tenant of the Year Award, West and North Yorkshire Chamber Equality Trailblazer Award and British Standards Institution Users Award for Sustainability.

It recently retained its Customer Service Excellence national quality mark after a 12-month review.

Lee Bloomfield, MHA chief executive, said: “We are thrilled to receive the Regulator’s judgement which confirmed that we continue to be rated in the top category of housing associations in the country.

“We regard ourselves as a family and this is a collective achievement for everyone involved with MHA including Board members, staff, tenants and project partners.”