All-Ireland Housing Awards 2025

Aico, an Ei Company, are the European market leader in home life safety, pioneering new technologies and offering high quality alarms, developed and manufactured in Ireland. All Aico alarms meet UK standards and offer a variety of sensor types to guarantee protection for every home, the cornerstone of which is delivering education, quality, service and innovation. In 2020, Aico expanded their Connected Home offering with the acquisition of leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, HomeLINK. HomeLINK are a multi-award-winning high-tech software team within Aico that leverage cutting edge home integration and analytic technologies to address the needs of social landlords and their residents.

Choice Housing Ireland Limited (Choice) is a registered voluntary Housing Association and charity. We are a ‘profit for a purpose’ social enterprise established over 40 years ago to provide housing and tenant support services at an affordable rent.

Today, Choice maintains 12,000 high quality homes to meet the diverse needs of c30,000 tenants and residents, and employs over 400 people in a Group structure that includes our own repairs and maintenance (Choice Services), private rented and affordable for sale (Maple and May) and Republic of Ireland (Comhar FM) subsidiary.

Woven is an award-winning Housing Association, founded in Northern Ireland in 1976.

We plan, develop, and manage ‘integrated’ housing schemes in both urban and rural areas throughout the region and work with a number of partner organisations in providing supported housing projects.

Woven represents not only our name, but also what we do. Our Vision - Homes, Lives and Communities, Woven as one - encapsulates our central aim to develop housing and bring people together to create thriving neighbourhoods; weaving together homes, lives, and communities to help create a shared vision of an inclusive Northern Ireland. 

Circle Voluntary Housing Association (VHA), established in 2003, is a leading provider of social and affordable housing in Ireland. Our mission is to make a real difference by delivering quality homes and innovative integrated housing solutions to individuals and families across the country.  

With a vision to create thriving communities, Circle VHA has successfully delivered over 2,500 homes and currently provides services to more than 5,000 people. We work collaboratively with local authorities, state agencies, developers, and funders to address Ireland’s housing needs through sustainable and effective solutions.  

At Circle VHA, our tenants' needs are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to caring for our tenants and delivering services that empower them to actively participate in managing their homes and communities. We believe in fostering a sense of ownership and involvement, ensuring that tenants have a voice in shaping their living environments.  

For more information, visit our website at www.circlevha.ie or contact us at info@circlevha.ie.

Apex Housing Association (Apex) provides and maintains almost 7,000 high-quality homes and delivers support to over 17,000 tenants and residents across Northern Ireland.  Its business is housing and associated care and support services, and from tiny beginnings more than half-a-century ago in Derry~Londonderry, Apex has grown into a substantial organisation with a geographical base throughout Northern Ireland.  As a not-for-profit housing association, the organisation works to social enterprise principles and employs more than 600 staff. 

The Housing Council is consulted by the Housing Executive and the Department for Communities on all matters that affect housing policy in Northern Ireland.  The body is made up of 11 representatives one from each of the local Councils.

Clanmil Housing is one of Northern Ireland’s leading housing associations and currently owns and manages almost 6,000 homes throughout Northern Ireland, including family homes, homes for single people, independent living schemes for older people, housing with care for frail older people and supported housing for older people with dementia. Our purpose is to provide homes for people to live well.

Clanmil is delighted to be sponsoring the Housing Professional of the Year award.

The Housing Agency is a team of dedicated housing professionals working towards delivering sustainable and affordable housing for all.

At The Housing Agency, we work to provide solutions to housing problems. We use our knowledge and expertise to support the delivery of high-quality homes and thriving communities.

More information coming soon.

From its Incorporation in 1993, North & East Housing Association has focused on the simple philosophy of providing quality homes while supporting tenants to build communities. Currently we provide housing management and tenant support to some 800 homes in 26 locations across 11 local authority areas in the northeastern region of the country.

We believe that housing is about more than Beyond Housing Award and we continuously strive to put our tenants at the heart of everything we do and endeavour to ensure that their voice is heard throughout the organisation.

Co-Ownership is the regional body for shared ownership in Northern Ireland. We are a registered housing association, an industrial and provident society regulated and funded by

Department for Communities.  Our purpose is to enable people to become homeowners and our vision is to lead the way on affordable home ownership. We operate on a not-for-profit basis to help people get onto the property ladder who cannot do so by themselves.

We have three ways to help people: Co-Own, Co-Own for Over 55s and Rent to Own. Since 1978 we have helped over 33,000 people buy a home in Northern Ireland, and currently have over

10,500 co-owners.