Treating others as you would want to be treated
Treating others as you would want to be treated: John Craggs, chief executive at Gentoo Group, give an outline of his experience of change management We all know that we’re working in a fast changing and uncertain climate. Events over the past…
Pursuing new initiatives
Neil Hadden from Genesis, takes a look pursuing new initiatives. Over the last few days I have spent some of my time being involved in two initiatives that will be familiar to long-term HPUK members. They are the Social Housing…
Fixing our broken (rural) housing market
Although we in the housing world have recognised it for many years, the Government is now acknowledging we have a housing crisis in the UK, felt perhaps more acutely in the dysfunctional housing markets of London and the South East….
Has Cathy come home – 50 years on?
In November 1966, a short play was screened on BBC TV called “Cathy Come Home” following a family who became homeless. I am not old enough to recall the original screening, although I have since watched it. I do though…
Supported Housing, the Starts at Home campaign and much more
Progress Housing Group recently wrote to around 150 MPs regarding the NHF Starts at Home campaign and the current government review of supported housing. Jacqui De-Rose explains in more detail. In particular we were keen to ensure that the voice of…
Changing perceptions of shared ownership
There are times when you just have to admit you’ve made decisions based upon outdated and inaccurate assumptions – and, according to Nick Atkin the chief executive at Halton Housing Trust, there’s no better example of this than shared ownership….
Moving to a new model for social housing
As a relatively new member of HPUK, it has been interesting to compare approaches to social housing from across the globe. In America, Australia and Canada social housing is seen as a temporary intervention and is not developed at the…
Facing momentous change
Elaine Bailey from Hyde outlines how the housing sector is facing momentous change and will need to undergo structural change both as a sector and as individual associations if it is to continue to thrive. But, conversely, housing has never been…
Housing my family!
Geraldine Kay, Chief Executive of Derwentside Homes, considers the impact of the housing crisis and how it can touch everybody. There can’t be a household across the land that’s not been directly or indirectly through friends and relations affected by the…
The big conversation
CIH President and Incommunities chief executive Geraldine Howley reflects on an event especially designed for those who are new to housing. In late 2015, in the depths of fulfilling my CIH Presidential duties, I was on my way to Manchester…