The Policy and Politics of Improving Standards in the English Private Rented Sector (PRS)
By Dr Alice Earley, Research Associate, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow, Kenneth Gibb, Professor in Housing Economics at the University of Glasgow where he directs the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, and Alex Marsh, Professor of Public Policy at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. This piece is […]
The road to a Decent Neighbourhood Standard
Dr Halima Sacranie, Director of Housing Research, Centre for the New Midlands and Nicola Bacon, Founding Director, Social Life England has had a Decent Homes Standard for 25 years which has served as clear, enforceable minimum for the quality of the home. While there are many aspirational design guides and frameworks, there’s […]
Why we’re building the UK’s first woodland eco-homes scheme for older people
By Dominic Bradley, CEO, Lenches Trust Ageing population, rising building costs and net-zero targets are among the many challenges that aren’t just putting social housing providers under increasing pressure but exposing the limitations of traditional later living solutions. Large scale, purpose-built, purpose-managed retirement schemes have long been considered the go-to option. […]
Saba Salman interview: ‘We bring different rules and judgements to people like my sister – because of her skin colour and because of her disability’
In the first of a new series of interviews for HQM, Hannah Fearn sits down with fellow social affairs journalist Saba Salman to discuss the very personal issues explored in her revealing new book, Double Discrimination. It was during the first Covid lockdown that the author and journalist Saba Salman realised her younger sister […]
Is ‘rightsizing’ an answer to the allocations crisis?
With social housing at a premium, landlords are finding innovative ways to make better use of their stock by encouraging tenants to move into homes more suitable for their needs and size of household. With ‘rightsizing’ moving up the sector’s list of priorities, Neil Merrick takes a look at some of the initiatives. Mobility […]
Inside the C1 club: How social housing’s top performers made the grade
While more and more housing providers are joining the regulator’s exclusive C1 club, it can be hard to understand the reasons why from the short and succinct judgement reports. As part of HQN’s wider inspection work, we asked Keith Cooper to get under the bonnet of some of the top performing landlords. This is what […]
Andy Roe interview: ‘There’s still a job to be done’
As former commissioner of the London Fire Brigade and now as chair of the Building Safety Regulator, Lord Andy Roe is continuing a personal mission to make the country’s built environment as safe as possible. As incident commander on the night of the Grenfell Tower fire, he witnessed first hand the devastating impact that years […]
