The Canadian way

One in a million

Each year thousands of high-risk offenders are released onto London’s streets to complete their sentences. Here, Lydia Stockdale talks to the man whose work to settle them back into the community won him last year’s Butler Bursary

Study links brain injuries with homelessness

Brain injury could be a significant risk factor for people becoming homeless, according to a charity study.

Housing association calls for creation of 'minister for older people'

A leading housing association is spearheading a campaign to install a minister for older people in Whitehall.

The Big Society and Chinese Communism

Rating a problem

What’s in a name?

The housing strategy for England has finally arrived, but what does it mean for the sector?

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.

The shortlist

Emily Rogers visits the council that is replacing allocation forms with face-to-face meetings to vet prospective tenants

Scare tactics

Landlords must take statutory demands seriously but they are often inappropriately used, says Anna-Liisa Walden

Utopia revisited

As David Cameron seeks to revive the principles of garden cities with a consultation due later this year, Colin Wiles examines how likely it is that his vision will come to fruition