There is a worsening housing emergency that is costing the government and councils millions every day. We want to show the benefits of living in social housing to make the case for a significant ramp up in the delivery of social rent homes.
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The economic case for social housing
Last week I participated in the London launch of Safe as Houses, Shelter England’s essay collection, making the economic case for social housing. The essays are well worth reading, ranging far and wide, but demonstrating that many leading economists in academia, the...
“They want you to win”: inclusive growth and the role of social housing providers
Over the last year, I have been working with Communities that Work and Unity Homes and Enterprise to explore the role that Unity Homes and Enterprise play within the community in which they are based, and to get a sense from across both housing and employment support...
Rainbow roofs: building hope and empowerment for LGBT+ social housing tenants
This lived experience blog, written by two LGBTQ+ tenants in north west England – Ged and Jude, is about Rainbow Roofs, a multi-agency customer/tenant-led group for LGBT+ individuals living in social housing in England’s north west region. Created in 2020, Rainbow...
Social housing and the importance of the LBGTQ+ ally programme
Andrew White is Head of Independent Living at Irwell Valley Homes, in Greater Manchester. He has worked in social housing, primarily in the fields of supported housing and housing partnerships, for over 25 years. In this blog, Andrew discusses the launch of Irwell...
NPF4 and the social housing sector
This blog is one in a series of guest blogs written by members of the Housing and Place Delivery Forum, reflecting on Scotland’s revised and soon-to-be-adopted National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4). Callum Chomczuk (National Director, CIH Scotland)...
Unwinding the pandemic rent arrears crisis
In this blog, University of Glasgow researcher Andrew Watson highlights the findings from the report, The pandemic arrears crisis: Private landlord perspectives on the temporary legislation impacting the Private Rented Sector, which was published on 8 November 2021....
We can do it!
In his third blog in a series including Power to Change and Power of Circles, CEO of Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association and Board Member of Power Circle, Neil Clapperton explores the role of governments in ending fuel poverty. Government, gonnae flex those change...
Power of Circles
Neil Clapperton is the CEO of Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association and on the Board of Power Circle, and has spent two decades trying to reduce tenant fuel poverty and make a tiny contribution to slowing the climate crisis. In this blog he continues on from his Power...
Power to Change
Neil Clapperton is the CEO of Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association and on the Board of Power Circle, and has spent two decades trying to reduce tenant fuel poverty and make a tiny contribution to slowing the climate crisis. He thinks he might have...