Housing’s Next Generation 2022

Top 20

Back for its third year, our Housing’s Next Generation competition attracted entries from all over the sector, from housing associations and local authorities to supply chain partners and housing co-operatives.

The judges looked at several criteria when shortlisting, including showing leadership, having a commitment to diversity and inclusion, wanting to make the next step in their housing careers, and committing to improve social housing. Judges found it incredibly tough to shortlist down to 20.

Encouragingly, what all the entries had in common was their passion for making the sector a better place.

Every young person nominated should be extremely proud of what they’ve achieved to be recognised by their line managers and executive teams. As a congratulations, we’ve given them all access to our Next Generation Hub, an exclusive networking group for young people. They’ll also get access to topical briefings, discounted events and training, plus exclusive guest speakers.

The 20 on the following pages are our initial cohort for this year. They’ve now been set their first challenge in the form of a blog, answering one of several questions put to them by HQN CEO, Alistair McIntosh.

The judges will meet at the end of this month to pick ten of the candidates to go through to the semi-final.

The semi-final will be a presentation of five minutes centred around one idea they believe could change the sector for the better. It could be anything from a new initiative, a culture change or change in approach.

2022 Housing’s Next Generation judges:

Tanisha Rigby,
Housing Next Generation 2021 finalist