L&Q launches rent to buy product

Association reveals plans to cut £22 million

One of the housing sector’s biggest landlords is planning to make £22 million of cuts and savings to fund a 10,000-home building plan.

Round two

Housing minister Grant Shapps has proposed a second round of the affordable homes programme. So are landlords financially fit enough to get back into the ring or are they on the ropes already? Carl Brown investigates

The technology test

Finding the right IT solution for your organisation can be a minefield. Lydia Stockdale discovers how it can be done

Fashion victims

Affordable housing slashed as L&Q presses on with dog track plan

Council officers will recommend that a controversial plan to build a housing estate on a former iconic dog track is approved, after slashing the developer’s affordable housing requirement.

A new public right of way?

The government’s latest announcement underpins the trend towards treating housing associations as public bodies. Philip Heath, partner, and Jane Plant, associate, at Weightmans, explain

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

Dressed for success

Birmingham’s Forgotten Vintage is much more than just a second-hand fashion store. Laura Jane Johnson reveals how it is helping the city’s homeless

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

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.