Friday, 25 May 2012

Olympics special

Featuring an interview with Newham’s mayor Sir Robin Wales, and a look at how the housing sector is preparing to contribute to the games

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Articles

  • Let the Games begin

    29/07/2011

    From fielding competitors to providing accommodation, social housing will be making a highly eclectic contribution to next year’s Olympic Games. Nick Duxbury finds out how the sector is limbering up to the challenge

  • Man on a mission

    29/07/2011

    With just 12 months to go until the Olympic Games begin, mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales tells Nick Duxbury why the host borough’s legacy is under threat and how he hopes to save it with an audacious new housing policy.

  • Team spirit

    29/07/2011

    Full marks (or should that be a gold medal?) to Inside Housing’s Nick Duxbury for daring to get in the ring with heavyweight boxer and Olympic hopeful Warren Baister.

  • Lost legacy

    29/07/2011

    The Olympic planners promised to help their host community. What happened?

  • Olympic borough plans to buy private sector homes

    22/07/2011

    An east London local authority is considering buying up swathes of private rented sector accommodation in an attack on ‘unscrupulous landlords’ as part of its Olympic legacy plans.

Resources

  • Colour charts

    1 May 2012

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

  • Wind of change

    05/08/2011

    A host of new laws are set to change the landscape for Welsh social landlords. Michael Northcott reports

  • The legal aid lifeline

    02/12/2011

    Cuts to legal aid and new spending restrictions mean tens of thousands of tenants will no longer be eligible for free housing advice. Jess McCabe visits a law centre to investigate the likely impact of the changes

  • Foreign intervention

    09/03/2012

    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

  • Play your cards right

    10/06/2011

    A new card game is helping older tenants rate their service