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Grenfell residents: “I worry we’ll be nothing but footnotes in a forgotten report”

In the aftermath of the publication of the Grenfell inquiry’s phase 2 report, Danielle Aumord talks to survivors, bereaved families and other members of the

24 October 2024 No Comments

Labour’s housing plans: Bring on the budget

The Labour government has now been in power for just over 100 days and there’s growing confidence within the social housing sector that we may

24 October 2024 No Comments

Helen Barnard interview: “The situation on the ground is pretty bleak”

As Director of Policy, Research and Impact at the UK’s biggest food bank charity, the Trussell Trust, Helen Barnard sees firsthand the levels of poverty

24 October 2024 No Comments

Tenant empowerment, toxicity, and tragedy

How did an organisation designed to put residents at the heart of housing management become synonymous with one of the worst tower block fires in

24 October 2024 No Comments

Housing’s Next Generation 2024: And then there were six…

After a series of increasingly difficult tasks, we’ve reached the final stages of HQN’s Housing’s Next Generation competition for 2024. Ahead of the grand finale

16 July 2024 No Comments

Kwajo Tweneboa interview: “I hope there isn’t any landlord bias behind the regulator’s decisions”

It’s fair to say that Kwajo has single-handedly been one of the key drivers of change in the social housing sector since first coming to

16 July 2024 No Comments

At your service?

Tenants and leaseholders are increasingly upset about the size of service charges. Can social landlords do more to assuage their anger? Neil Merrick investigates. Since

16 July 2024 No Comments

Housing First: Silver bullet or budget buster?

It’s dubbed a “miracle” in the press and deemed “highly effective” by homelessness organisations, but the popular Housing First approach is expensive and some experts

16 July 2024 No Comments

Darren McGarvey interview: “A one-star review from a sneering Daily Mail was one of my greatest accolades”

Darren McGarvey is a man in demand. Since his book Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass won the prestigious Orwell prize back in

8 July 2024 No Comments