Fed chief to lead Tory mobility panel

Harrogate memories

For nearly 30 years housing’s great and good have gathered in North Yorkshire every summer. As the Chartered Institute of Housing’s conference and exhibition prepares to move to Manchester, Lydia Stockdale finds out what the delegates will remember most fondly

Fed warns Newham problems are ‘tip of iceberg’

Moves by a London council to house families hundreds of miles away from the capital are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ the National Housing Federation has warned.

Freud under fire for bedroom tax ‘ruse’

Housing professionals have demanded the welfare minister ‘own up’ to the motivation for the government’s controversial bedroom tax.

Tax avoidance

Underlying agenda

Cold cottage rescue

Isolation from mains gas can spell financial hardship. Alex Turner investigates how Cornish landlords are exploring renewable energy solutions to rural fuel poverty

Pie in the sky?

Is cloud computing a ray of light or a gathering storm? Alison Deighton, data protection expert at law firm TLT, takes up the case

Tips from the top

A mentoring scheme is helping talented housing professionals break through the glass ceiling. Lydia Stockdale finds out who is benefiting from this process

Support on a shoestring

Budgets are being slashed and demand is up but, as Inside Housing and Capita’s exclusive Supporting People survey reveals, many care and support providers are maintaining services for vulnerable people. Lydia Stockdale finds out how they are doing it and if it can last.

What’s in a name?

The housing strategy for England has finally arrived, but what does it mean for the sector?