New life cycle

Social landlords shine in design awards

Social landlords have been commended in the Housing Design Awards for schemes including a modern reinvention of an 18 th century tenement block.

Social landlords to help young people find work

A group of social landlords is launching a scheme today to help young people get jobs.

Sustainable Housing Awards 2011

With the green deal approaching, the use of pioneering eco-technologies in housing is more important than ever before. Here Chloë Stothart reveals the housing providers, developers and architects leading the way

City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust

The Centre is in the form of two L-shaped buildings in a ‘69’ layout with a central courtyard. One building is two stories high with glass curtain walling. The other is four stories with solid, Thin-Jointed aircrete walls using Celcon Plus blocks 200mm thick. The two buildings take up the whole of the site; there is no landscaping. Half the ground floor is inhabited; the other half is car parking.

Rough justice

It pays to recycle

A London council is rewarding tenants for recycling. Poppy McPherson finds out whether the celebrity-backed scheme is persuading people to be greener

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

Tips from the top

A mentoring scheme is helping talented housing professionals break through the glass ceiling. Lydia Stockdale finds out who is benefiting from this process

Welcome flexibility

Two landlords have been named top employers for working families. Lydia Stockdale talks to one about how flexible time-keeping benefits managers and employees alike

Hidden menace

Cash-strapped tenants can make their situation worse by turning to loan sharks. Darren Reynolds explains why landlords have waded in to help tackle the problem