Boateng is believed to have been particularly interested in the cost savings the service has achieved for the Manchester-based association: costs are down 16%; transfers to surpluses are up 162% per home; arrears are down 47% and staff numbers per property are down 25% since 1998.
Manion said: "The essential message was, can this be applicable not only to housing associations but the whole of the public service?"
A spokesman for Boateng said: "The chief secretary is engaged in a series of visits to take out the spending review messages to regional areas and also to try and look at projects on the ground." Housing association schemes were the "territory of the ODPM", he added.
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Housing Today
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