Hyward was launched in March as a partnership between Ward Homes and Hyde Housing Association to provide a range of affordable housing tenures in Ashford and Kent. A development of 40 shared-ownership houses is already planned for Chartfields, and four other sites are in the pipeline.<p></p><p> &amp;“There&amp;’s a strong expectation from government that social housing providers will work more closely with the private sector to develop new models, and there are advantages from both points of view,&amp;” says Hyde Group chief executive Charlie Adams. &amp;“Hyde has a strong track record in Kent - in the forthcoming financial year a third of Housing Corporation allocations in Kent will be given to us, so if a developer is closely associated with us they can win the approval of local authorities and say &amp;‘We&amp;’ve got our social housing provider on board and we&amp;’re committed to providing a high quality service.&amp;’ By the same token, they have access to land that we haven&amp;’t. </p><p> &amp;“So there&amp;’s presentational advantages from Ward Homes&amp;’ point of view and advantages from ours regarding land accessibility.&amp;”</p><p> Ward Homes chief executive David Holliday echoes this sentiment. &amp;“We&amp;’ve been working with Hyde for over ten years, and we both realised we&amp;’ve …