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Rich pickings

Social landlords should seek support from a new breed of wealthy philanthropists

Getting up to speed

That extra mile

A team of dedicated housing professionals - including one of Inside Housing’s very own reporters - is gearing up to run the London Marathon for Hact. Nick Duxbury has the inside story - and a bit of a limp

Sustainable Housing Awards 2011

With the green deal approaching, the use of pioneering eco-technologies in housing is more important than ever before. Here Chloë Stothart reveals the housing providers, developers and architects leading the way

The blame game

Grant Shapps has upbraided councils for their use of bed and breakfast accommodation when housing homeless families but with homes in short supply, what other options do authorities have? Emily Twinch investigates

Get your Act together

With a host of legal acts coming into effect this year and next, Caroline Thorpe helps you to learn your lines so you can take to the housing stage with confidence

It pays to recycle

A London council is rewarding tenants for recycling. Poppy McPherson finds out whether the celebrity-backed scheme is persuading people to be greener

We mean business

Landlords can boost revenues and put something back into the community by setting up a social enterprise, as Anita Pati finds out

Foreign intervention

The threat of climate change may not be a big enough priority in most countries, but going green can help to tackle other, more pressing, socio-economic problems, as demonstrated by a retrofit project in South Africa, says Jane Henley

Under the hammer

The old adage that one man’s treasure is another man’s trash is a saying which has paid dividends in auction houses across the world for years.