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Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor

Development Officer
Great Places Housing Group

Recent Articles

Challenging the housing orthodoxy

Challenging the housing orthodoxy

The challenges emerging from, or accelerated by, COVID-19 require innovation on a scale never seen before across the housing sector. It is time to accelerate collaborations between housing associations, communities, thinktanks and start-ups – and start questioning what you believe to be true about your product, writes Paul Taylor
If community groups deliver better support than social landlords then we need to revisit our purpose

If community groups deliver better support than social landlords then we need to revisit our purpose

Community groups and individuals have delivered the most useful support networks in a physically distanced world. So now is the time for social landlords to revisit our purpose and reflect on the non value-adding activities that our organisations are involved in, writes Paul Taylor
Why landlords must do less, not more, to offer a good service

Why landlords must do less, not more, to offer a good service

Keeping things simple and focusing on doing a few things well is the way to keep your residents happy, says Paul Taylor 
Housing associations will lose their legitimacy if tenants feel sidelined

Housing associations will lose their legitimacy if tenants feel sidelined

We are reaching a tipping point on the future relationship between social landlords and tenants – and the sector cannot afford to get it wrong, writes Paul Taylor
We must be different

We must be different

Value for money and benchmarking can get in the way of innovation and effectiveness, says Paul Taylor