CIH president to quit housing association

Landlords merge to save thousands of pounds

More than half a million pounds worth of efficiency savings will be made as a result of two Birmingham housing associations joining forces to become one organisation.

£270m Growing Places cash allocated

The government is to release £420 million of cash for local authorities to invest in infrastructure to help boost businesses, jobs and housing.

New CIH deputy to focus on learning

A focus on learning and development will ensure the housing sector succeeds during a period of change, the new deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing has said.

Alive and kicking

New chairman for Black Country Housing

Black Country Housing Group has appointed a new chairman following the death of Sarah Webb last month.

How to be a rising star

This week, Inside Housing is guest edited by inaugural Rising Stars winner Carla Keegans. Alex Turner asks what qualities could help you scale the same heights

Colour charts

As voters across England, Scotland and Wales prepare to go to the polls, we assess the key battlegrounds for housing

Welcome flexibility

Two landlords have been named top employers for working families. Lydia Stockdale talks to one about how flexible time-keeping benefits managers and employees alike

Solving the land puzzle

If organisations share buildings the leftover sites can be pieced together for development, says Alan Stokes

Cheaper by the Durkan

The contractor charged with giving an east London estate a facelift also threw in comprehensive energy retrofitting - at no extra cost. Jess McCabe finds out more