Lib Dem motion condemns decent homes cut

Review of the year

What a year. From the economic doom and gloom to the summer’s riots, social landlords have had their work cut out over the past 12 months. Here, Inside Housing looks back at the highs and lows

Small mercies

Let’s hear it for the heroes

Inside Housing’s annual Housing Heroes Awards celebrate the very best talent in the sector. Caroline Thorpe reveals this year’s winners

News flash

Mainstream media must engage with the wider housing issues it has ignored for so long

Deadly dust

The death of John Shiers from asbestos-related cancer raises worrying questions for housing providers. Martin Hilditch kicks off our refurbishment and retrofit special by investigating what landlords should do to protect their tenants from a similar fate

How to...

Social landlords can play a big role in improving the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes. But they must lobby hard to ensure ministers understand that they will need support to do so, says Martin Wheatley

Colour charts

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

A force for good

Council housing self financing has begun, but what will the new era bring? Steve Partridge examines the possibilities

Branch out via Europe

Social landlords creating companies to run extra services must still note EU procurement rules, says Rebecca Rees, partner at Trowers & Hamlins

On top of the world

Tower blocks are not typically home to extra care schemes. But Helen Clifton finds out how one arm’s-length management organisation is giving older residents a room with a view