Association issues challenge to dragon

Clegg ends conference with rehabilitation pledge

The deputy prime minister has pledged to tackle gang culture and usher in a ‘rehabilitation revolution’ in the wake of the English riots.

One in a million

Each year thousands of high-risk offenders are released onto London’s streets to complete their sentences. Here, Lydia Stockdale talks to the man whose work to settle them back into the community won him last year’s Butler Bursary

Landlord in shock after suspected kidnapping

A housing association has spoken of its shock after a 10-year-old boy was suspected of being kidnapped and held in one of its homes.

Shining stars

We reveal details of the winners of the 2011 UK Housing Awards

Ill behaviour

Scrapheap challenge

The price of metal has risen sky high making pipes, railings and even boilers an irresistible target to thieves. Chloë Stothart finds out how one housing association is tackling the growing problem of metal theft

Dressed for success

Birmingham’s Forgotten Vintage is much more than just a second-hand fashion store. Laura Jane Johnson reveals how it is helping the city’s homeless

Acting with conviction

Squatting could soon be criminalised but awareness of current laws is crucial, says Sarah Lines, social housing lawyer at Cobbetts

Scaling new heights

Think you’ve got what it takes to become a housing sector chief executive? Simon Brandon uncovers the golden rules to help you reach your career summit

Not a sticking plaster

Efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour can seem like fire fighting. It’s expensive to take a more comprehensive and long-term approach by working with a single family to get to the root of their problems. But, as Tony Powell, executive director of neighbourhoods at New Charter Housing Trust, explains, the effect can be transformative.