HCA and councils redirect £30 million northern pot

National £500m bond plan dropped

Plans for a £500 million national housing bond have been ditched following concerns about the effect on existing lending agreements - but other funding models are still being explored.

Landlords dust off PV schemes

Social landlords are moving to capitalise on a brief window of opportunity, in which cuts to the feed-in tariff could be reversed, by kick-starting abandoned schemes.

Blame game

Model village

It’s been more than a decade in the making, but eventually Derwenthorpe will be a great example of an energy-efficient community. Jess McCabe finds out why it’s taken so long to build

Cashing in

The Homes and Communities Agency is reluctant to divulge details of who got what in last week’s grant giveaway. But that hasn’t stopped Carl Brown finding out

Q&A: The Ecological Sequestration Trust

Eco-cities guru Peter Head has just left contractor Arup, where he headed an 800-strong global urban planning team, to set up a charity with the ambition to transform planning. Here he explains the thinking behind his latest project

The big freeze

Kicking off our chief executive salaries special, Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the economic downturn has put most pay on ice. Lydia Stockdale reports

Money matters

How do council housing heads and arm’s-length management organisation bosses fare in the salary stakes? Lydia Stockdale reveals the results of Inside Housing’s exclusive poll

Ready for lift off

House builders must be ready to react if government initiatives deliver a boost to the sector, says property expert Rebecca Kibby

Pipe dream

A new law means social landlords will no longer be responsible for repairing certain pipework but there are exceptions