Profiles
Interviews with the key players from the social housing sector and beyond.
Leading man
How will the green deal work in practice? Nick Duxbury talks to Michael O’Doherty, the man trailblazing the UK’s first ever pilot scheme, to find out
Taking control of Walsall
Terry Edis has spent the past 20 years spearheading tenant management in the west midlands. Lydia Stockdale kicks off our regional special by meeting him to find out why
Home truths
He’s the 34-year-old Cornish MP who cannot afford to buy a home in his own constituency. Lydia Stockdale kicks off our south west special by finding out how Stephen Gilbert is using his personal experiences to shape national housing policy.
A shore thing
She survived the furore surrounding the future of London’s Olympic stadium and impressed Boris Johnson. Now, as tickets for the games go on sale, Baroness Margaret Ford is vowing to get taxpayers their money’s worth as she delivers the £7 billion Olympic legacy. Stuart Macdonald met her.
More analysis
Steering the right course
Housing organisations are experiencing change at a rate of knots. Here, Simon Brandon analyses the results of a new governance survey to find out how their leaders are coping
On the merger trail
The trend is growing for bigger housing associations to gobble up smaller landlords by merging. But does bigger always mean better? Carl Brown reports.
Power to the people?
Is tenant cashback empowering for tenants, or an attempt to paper over the cracks in professional services? Our panellists go head to head
Falling through the cracks
A large amount of tenant complaints to the housing ombudsman are related to repairs. So what is going wrong? Jess McCabe investigates
