There is no clear link between the size of housing associations and lower running costs, a major report by HCA said.

Delivering better value for money: understanding differences in unit costs, said there was no significant evidence of a clear relationship between scale of a provider and lower costs”.

Theer are other linked techinical reports on the HCAs website.

TheThe Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) published a report examining the differences in operating costs between the 350 largest landlords in the English housing association sector.

HCA’s finding comes amid unprecedented merger activity in the housing sector, with landlords looking to combine operations in order to gain efficiencies.