Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Blogs

Thoughts and opinion on the latest news from the world of social housing.

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Tom Lloyd

Taxing questions

23/05/2012

The biggest round of applause at this morning’s welfare conference was reserved for a peer, but it wasn’t Lord Freud.

Rhiannon Bury

Social care crisis

22/05/2012

People need to be able to get out of their homes, every now and again, as well as stay in them.

Jules Birch

Fair rent?

21/05/2012

The proposed reduction of the ‘pay to stay’ income cap to £60,000 raises introduces yet more contradictions into a policy that was already riddled with them.

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Trash TV

18/05/2012

Closed Circuit got its five minutes of fame with a brief appearance on the small screen last week.

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Jules Birch

Inside edge

Housing commentator Jules Birch puts the latest news in context

Financial district

Serious business

Analysis of the latest from the world of social housing finance.

Files

From the workplace

Carl Brown looks at regulation, training, board members, pay and a host of other issues that impact the day to day running of social landlords

Man in wheelchair

Who cares?

Analysis of the latest developments in supported housing, homelessness and work with vulnerable people

Run down homes

House work

Examining the latest news on allocations, evictions, rents, anti-social behaviour, and a host of other day to day housing management issues

Spanners

Can we fix it?

Alex Wellman takes a look at what’s going on in the social housing contracting sector 

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Inside out

An independent look at the housing sector and beyond from Colin Wiles

Running

Home run

Tracking the progress of Inside Housing staff and others running the London Marathon for the Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust

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Closed circuit

Gossip, rumour, and stuff that amused us. 

Northampton

Green paper

Examining the latest developments from the world of sustainable housing.

Compass

A view from the north

Alison Thain, chief executive of north east-based housing association Fabrick Housing Group, gives her perspective on key issues facing the housing sector.

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Focus

Focus is our weekly in depth look at a key subject for the affordable housing sector. Here Jess McCabe rounds up the discussion.

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Ask the Experts blog

Our expert panel is not just on hand to offer advice in the forum. Here the panel members offer thoughts on the latest developments in their sector.

Inside Housing office

Out of office

What the Inside Housing writers have been up to when they’ve been prised away from their desks

Forums

  • Fuel poverty

    From: Focus Last post: 22/05/2012 11:24 am

    Let me first delcare an interest in this field. I work for one of the big six energy providers and am also a social housing tenant. I personally think its disgusting that people in the UK are...

    Posts: 4 Topic Views: 369
  • Resident-led Scrutiny Reports

    From: Ask the Experts Last post: 22/05/2012 9:28 am

    There is not a right or wrong way to do Resident Scrutiny Reports.  The key issue is what will best lead to outcomes that bring improvements for tenants and prospective tenants. ...

    Posts: 17 Topic Views: 826

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Opinion

DUNCAN PRICE

The big picture

21/05/2012

Arguments over elements of the government’s drive to improve home energy efficiency risk overshadowing the goal of ending fuel poverty, argues Duncan Price

Stuart Macdonald

Fit for the future

18/05/2012

Housing providers are pushing boundaries to address the challenges facing the sector, but they must tread carefully

Anoymous columnist

Struggle to be heard

18/05/2012

You end up with hopelessly simplistic policy if you don’t listen to the front line, says Inside Housing’s anonymous columnist

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Sound off: slow progress

18/05/2012

Will the delay to the renewable heat incentive be a major setback for social landlords’ plans for renewable heat? Two experts give their views