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Katharine Swindells

Katharine Swindells

Deputy features editor
Inside Housing
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Recent Articles

Lessons from an adaptation gone drastically wrong

Lessons from an adaptation gone drastically wrong

Sam Crawford battled for years to get her home adapted for her disabled child. What can the wider housing sector learn from her struggle? Katharine Swindells reports
3 things we learned from the Chief Executive Salary Survey 2025

3 things we learned from the Chief Executive Salary Survey 2025

Inside Housing has published its Chief Executive Salary Survey 2025, which analyses the pay of those in the top job at the UK’s biggest housing associations. Katharine Swindells breaks down what the survey found this year
Inside Housing Chief Executive Salary Survey 2025

Inside Housing Chief Executive Salary Survey 2025

Inside Housing’s annual survey of the chief executives of the UK’s biggest housing associations reveals an average pay rise of £14,500 and a widening gender pay gap. Katharine Swindells reports
APPG chair says a ‘fresh start’ for domestic abuse survivors does not include an unfurnished home with no carpets

APPG chair says a ‘fresh start’ for domestic abuse survivors does not include an unfurnished home with no carpets

MP Paula Barker, co-chair of the APPG for Ending Homelessness, called on the government to provide furnished tenancies in social homes for domestic abuse survivors
Debt Trap Nation: how allocation policies are trapping families in temporary accommodation

Debt Trap Nation: how allocation policies are trapping families in temporary accommodation

A new book from academics Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki exposes how England’s policy approach to debt is not only pushing families into homelessness, but also keeping them there. Katharine Swindells reports
Leadership 2025 aimed to diversify housing sector top jobs. In its target year, what comes next?

Leadership 2025 aimed to diversify housing sector top jobs. In its target year, what comes next?

In 2017, Leadership 2025 was founded to support minority ethnic senior professionals to become sector leaders. As it reaches its target year, Katharine Swindells finds out what is next for the organisation
Setareh Neshati: I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to regenerate Westminster

Setareh Neshati: I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to regenerate Westminster

Development director Setareh Neshati speaks to Katharine Swindells about maximising affordable housing in one of London’s most expensive boroughs
How many toddlers and babies are living in temporary accommodation in the UK?

How many toddlers and babies are living in temporary accommodation in the UK?

Inside Housing’s latest quarterly update to its live data dashboard reveals the numbers of households with children aged under five living in temporary accommodation and B&Bs