All-Ireland Housing Awards 2026

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.

The Housing Executive is the Strategic Housing Authority for Northern Ireland, and a public landlord at scale. 

With an annual budget of approximately £1.3bn, we provide a range of public services and care for around 83,000 homes, although our footprint extends to more than 220,000 homes across Northern Ireland.

We work with partners in local government, the construction industry, the voluntary and community sector, and housing associations and our services impact the lives of one in every three people across Northern Ireland. 

Co-Ownership is Northern Ireland’s regional body for shared ownership, a not-for-profit organisation that helps people become homeowners. Since 1978 Co-Ownership have supported over 30,000 people buy a home in Northern Ireland.

Co-Ownership has 3 products available: Co-Own, Rent to Own and the recently launched Co-Own for Over 55s.

Co-Own and Co-Own for 55 are equity sharing products, which means our customers buy as much of the property as they can, and Co-Ownership buy the rest.  Rent to Own is for people who are not yet financially ready for home ownership but are working towards it. Co-Ownership currently has over 10,000 co-owners.