Why social housing was never designed with displaced people in mind
By Fuad Mahamed, CEO and Founder of refugee and migrant provider, ACH ‘Hard to reach’ is a phrase I encounter regularly, and one that reveals more about our systems than the people they’re meant to serve. When we describe refugees and migrants this way, we’re locating the problem in the individual […]
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 […]
Exploring why funding certainty is the key to unlocking institutional capital
By Triya Maicha, Partner and Head of Real Estate & Projects, Devonshires The National Housing Federation’s call for the chancellor to bring forward funding under the £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme is a welcome and timely intervention. It comes at a moment when demand from providers has run well […]
How our Buyback programme is providing desperately needed homes
By David Joyce, Corporate Director of Housing and Regeneration, London Borough of Tower Hamlets We often talk about the housing emergency but many of our responses can take years to lead to any sort of meaningful contribution to tackling it Estate regeneration, new-build schemes and repurposing existing buildings all have an […]
Engaging residents with sustainability goals
By Henry Smith, Sustainability Lead, Phoenix Community Housing Resident engagement is the backbone of Phoenix’s model as a resident-led housing association but persuading our residents of the benefits of our sustainability goals hasn’t been easy. In Phase One, we initiated engagement early on but found that, despite having the right resources, […]
Collective wellbeing – and why it matters for housing
By Susan Pinkney, Head of Research and Insights, Carnegie UK At Carnegie UK, we focus on improving collective wellbeing across the UK and Ireland by influencing public policy and practice. That means looking beyond short-term fixes to understand the conditions that enable people and communities to thrive, now and in the […]
The curious case of the CIH position on ‘no access’
By Rob Gershon, Associate, HQN Like an elephant doing a bungee jump, the social housing sector has drifted away from ‘no access’ issues that were highlighted in recent HQN research. Inevitably, as the recommendations about how landlords could change their policies and protocols to improve outcomes haven’t been widely adopted, the […]
