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A shake-up for Inside Housing

This week brings a new housing minister and a new-look Inside Housing – a busy 2020 lies ahead for both, writes Martin Hilditch

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Welcome to the new-look Inside Housing.

It’s been 12 years (and 12 English housing ministers. Welcome also this week to the newly installed Christopher Pincher) since we last had a revamp. So, in many ways this is a long overdue moment – with different layouts, fonts, type size and paper stock, we’ve sought to give Inside Housing a fresh and more lively feel for the 2020s.

Long-term readers shouldn’t fear, though. Today’s changes are designed to build on our 36-year history rather than ripping up what’s been done before. We’ve looked to make ourselves more welcoming and easier to read, with warmer colours and easier to navigate pages, while remaining the leading source of up-to-the-minute news, research, analysis and debate for professionals from across the housing world.

Our strong campaigning voice will remain too, and we will continue to look to speak out with authority on the issues you care most about in order to drive policy change and wider understanding of the sector.


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We also want to spend more time in 2020 working with groups of readers to make sure our news and investigations reflect your priorities – expect more on this in weeks to come. But we want to work with individuals from across the sector – from asset managers to development directors, chief executives to tenants and frontline staff – to make sure we continue to provide a useful resource for housing professionals in different roles and different stages of their careers. We’ll continue to scrutinise decision-making, but the emphasis (as always) will be on useful learning.

One area where coverage will definitely be expanding this year is with regard to sustainability. With the government’s 2050 zero-carbon target, this is an agenda that is set to dominate the sector’s thinking over the next 10 years and beyond. It’s already driving new approaches, for example Clarion becoming the first UK housing association to be accredited with the pan-European Certified Sustainable Housing Label in November – and seeing its commitment reflected in the pricing of its £350m bond in January.

Our newly revamped issue is also a sustainable procurement special, and we take a more detailed look at what councils declaring climate emergencies might mean for the sector. We also hear from South Yorkshire Housing’s Tony Stacey and Raven Housing Trust’s Jo Hills who have both been wrestling with the implications for their own organisations. The big question mark is about the cost of achieving zero carbon in existing stock and the impact it will have, along with safety work, on wider development plans – among the most pressing issues for Mr Pincher to address in his new role.

We hope you like the revamped Inside Housing. Please drop me a line at martin.hilditch@insidehousing.co.uk with your feedback and suggestions for any additional research and analysis you want us to pick up on moving forward.

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