Victor da Cunha

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Chief Executive

Vic joined the business in 2011, the Board of Curo Enterprise in June 2012 and the Combined Board in November 2016. His initial focus was on integrating three housing associations into one, bringing together our culture, governance and strategy. From these foundations, Curo was formed in 2013 as a re-energised commercially-savvy business with a strong social purpose.<br /><br />Today Curo has more than doubled its turnover and has a pipeline of over 2,700 new homes in development. It has established itself as an ambitious business with a regional and national reputation for innovation. Under Vic’s leadership, Curo has become an Investors In People ‘Gold' employer, has been ranked 27th Best 100 Not for Profit Company to work for in the UK by the Sunday Times and has won many awards for our services and our new homes and regeneration activities.<br /><br />Vic is Chair of Homes for the South West - a collaboration between housing associations working together to increase affordable housing supply in our region. Together these organisations can deliver 25,000 new homes between 2021 and 2026. Vic is also is also Chair of Local Space Housing Association – which provides high quality temporary housing for homeless families in East London. He also sits on the National Housing Federation's Diversity, Equalities & Inclusion group and is an active member of the Bath Chamber of Commerce where he sits on the economic development sub-committee.

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Making Curo’s leadership vibrant and diverse

A blog by Curo Chief Executive, Victor Da Cunha I have been wondering how I can demonstrate more clearly my personal commitment to supporting a much-needed change in our sector’s leadership profiles – a cause that, for me, is very close to home.

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Fixing The Social Housing Stigma

I’ve been reflecting on the “stigmatisation” of the social housing sector – highlighted as a core issue to solve in the Housing Green paper 2018 – and digesting many of the responses.

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What happens to Housing Association surpluses?

There’s a mixture of confusion and misrepresentation about Housing Associations – or HAs – when it comes to our surpluses and what we do with them. Sadly that confusion has caused some - particularly those who don’t know us well - to question our motives, our charitable status and our social purpose.

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