Blogs and opinion


Featuring regular blogs from housing sector experts and the Inside Housing team, plus contributions from individuals working in all aspects of social housing.

Jules Birch

Sent back

22/02/2012 | By Jules Birch

So here is the predictable pong to the Lords’ ping: the bedroom tax amendment rejected in the House of Commons.

Colin Wiles

The National Trust responds...

20/02/2012 | By Colin Wiles

The National Trust has responded to the claim that it is “clueless” about housing issues, writes Colin Wiles.

  • Standing out

    17/02/2012

    ‘Black tie’- a phrase that causes hearts to sink for those who don’t particularly enjoy dressing up in a penguin suit.

  • Accentuate the positive

    17/02/2012

    Time for some positivity I think.

  • Risky business

    17/02/2012

    Swan Housing Group became the latest housing association this week to reveal its response to the challenges of a new financial model for housing.

  • Building a better future

    17/02/2012

    The government is making housing the cornerstone of economic recovery, says Grant Shapps

  • FIT for success

    17/02/2012

    Last Thursday Inside Housing’s Green Light campaign enjoyed its biggest success since launching in November.

  • The truth will out

    17/02/2012

    On 11 January David Cameron told MPs in response to a question on housing benefit that ‘[private] rent levels have come down, so we have stopped ripping off the taxpayer’.

  • Globe trotters

    17/02/2012

    Migrants from all over the world are settling in the UK and social landlords should be concerned about their fate

  • See the light

    17/02/2012

    The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s latest announcement doesn’t mean the end of solar schemes in social housing

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