Affinity Sutton posts £44m surplus

Associations’ spare cash soars towards £1bn mark

Housing associations have seen their average surpluses increase by 33 per cent in 2010/11 as the total across the sector heads toward the £1 billion mark.

Most tenants want housing benefit paid direct to landlord

Nine out of ten social housing tenants want their housing benefit to continue to be paid directly to their landlord a new study has shown.

"Affordable Rents" - still not affordable

Developing landlords face extinction

Landlords will slash the number of affordable homes they build if there is a further cut to government subsidy in the next comprehensive spending review.

The debt burden

The government needs to show political courage in its forthcoming housing strategy - or reap the social consequences

The big freeze

Kicking off our chief executive salaries special, Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the economic downturn has put most pay on ice. Lydia Stockdale reports

We mean business

Landlords can boost revenues and put something back into the community by setting up a social enterprise, as Anita Pati finds out

Get some expert advice

Every week Inside Housing’s Need to Know section brings you best practice advice and information on the subjects most concerning you. Free with today’s magazine is the first ever Need to Know supplement. Here our Ask the Experts panel answer some of the key questions it raises

Counting the costs

Just because you are successful at trial doesn’t mean you will recover all your legal costs, says Dan Butler

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north