Half of housing staff stressed at work

Shapps hails pay freeze for chief execs

Housing minister Grant Shapps said he is ‘encouraged’ by the findings of Inside Housing’s exclusive annual salary survey which shows the majority of chief executives at the UK’s largest housing associations have had their salaries frozen.

The secret diary of a chief exec

They may earn mega-bucks but with great power comes great responsibility. Katie Puckett finds out what it’s like to be a housing sector boss

The time of my life

The first Rising Stars winner gives advice to anyone thinking of entering the competition this year

The finance frontier

On 28 March local authorities will boldly go where they have never been before as a new era of self-financing dawns. Keith Cooper finds out if they are ready for their journey into the unknown.

The genius of Jane Jacobs

Zero in on tax rules

Landlords can still use subsidiaries to receive VAT benefits but they must seek proper legal advice, say Richard Brooks and Victoria Jardine

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.

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

Battening down the hatches

Inside Housing’s exclusive salary survey shows it’s been a difficult 12 months for most housing employees. Simon Brandon reports on the regime of pay freezes and increased workloads introduced by organisations as they battle the economic gloom

Teaming up with the Met

What happened when a housing association joined its local police force to improve the response to anti-social behaviour? Simon Brandon finds out