Thursday, 24 May 2012

Inside Housing
Focus

Stories with this category.

  • 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

  • Airtight promise

    18/05/2012

    The Passivhaus, which is like a vacuum flask, conserving its heat without much need for further energy, has been marketed as the home of the future and is becoming increasingly popular across Europe. Jess McCabe travels to Hannover to meet its creator, Dr Wolfgang Feist

  • The final countdown

    18/05/2012

    The government’s green deal retrofit programme is due to launch in just a few months. So, is it a good deal for social landlords and their tenants? Sustainable Housing conducted an exclusive survey and gathered a round table of industry experts to find out. Keith Cooper reports.Photography: Jonathan Goldberg

  • Problems shared

    08/05/2012

    Housing providers can play a key role in tackling domestic violence. Here one specialist charity explains how it is working with the sector to improve support.

  • Colour charts

    01/05/2012

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

  • Services need investment

    16/04/2012

    Organisations that support vulnerable people are already struggling, further cuts could prove fatal, argues Matt Harrison

  • Handle with care

    03/04/2012

    The government must ensure right to buy reform doesn’t undermine the move to self financing, argues Clyde Loakes

  • A force for good

    02/04/2012

    Council housing self financing has begun, but what will the new era bring? Steve Partridge examines the possibilities

  • Digital age

    30/03/2012

    In the last of this week’s Focus pieces on digital inclusion we take a look at work helping older people get online

  • Digital myths

    29/03/2012

    Offering online services to tenants can be more worthwhile than you might think, suggests Vicky Green

  • Getting connected

    28/03/2012

    In the second of our Focus pieces on digital inclusion, Liverpool Mutual Homes chief Steve Coffey outlines the work his organisation is doing.

  • Digital divide

    26/03/2012

    Glasgow Housing Association is planning to get 30,000 of its tenants online by 2015. Margaret Moore explains why.

  • Close inspection

    19/03/2012

    Tenant panels are set to play a key role in the regulation of the social housing sector. As tenant groups launch documents outlining their make up, Nic Bliss examines the challenges facing the new bodies.

  • Stuck in the starting gate?

    12/03/2012

    It’s the only game in town, but will it be a success? MP Alan Whitehead assesses the green deal’s chances.

  • Opening up

    05/03/2012

    Viridian chief executive Matthew Fox explains why his organisation is taking the leap to become more transparent

  • Breaking down barriers

    27/02/2012

    Nearly 30 years since Stonewall Housing Association was set up, there’s still a pressing need for specialist housing for LGBT tenants, says Bob Green, its chief executive

  • Out of the shadows

    24/02/2012

    Older lesbian and gay people living in sheltered housing often feel they have to keep their sexuality a secret. Emily Rogers meets one tenant who is much happier since her landlord helped her to come out

  • Calling in the movers

    20/02/2012

    The ‘bedroom tax’ is meant to encourage tenants to downsize if they are under-occupying their homes. But, especially in the north of England, social landlords say there are simply not enough smaller houses and flats to move tenants into.

  • Not a sticking plaster

    12/02/2012

    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.

  • Root of all evil

    05/02/2012

    Is there evidence that board members perform better if they are paid? Steve Gough, board member at Magma Housing Association and Magna Group, and housing lecturer, is still to be convinced.

  • Power to the people?

    27/01/2012

    Is tenant cashback empowering for tenants, or an attempt to paper over the cracks in professional services? Our panellists go head to head