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Max Salsbury takes a look at some recent housing headlines Gathering the guilty As the ninth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower catastrophe passes, the
16 July 2026
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Behind the headlines
By Lara Oyedele, CEO, Black on Board Ltd and past President, Chartered Institute of Housing Nigel Farage’s recent proposal to evict foreign nationals
16 July 2026
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From the Chief Executive: Remembrance of things past
I’d never seen so many sequins and pink cowboy hats in my life. Yes, I was heading for Wembley at the same time as the
16 July 2026
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Behind the headlines
By Nicola Lambe, Head of Specialist Services, Stonewater When headlines share progress for domestic abuse survivors, it’s tempting to assume the problem is being solved.
30 April 2026
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From the Chief Executive: Who’d want to lead the RSH?
Jonathan Walters will be an excellent new chief at the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). One of his many fine attributes is that he goes
28 April 2026
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From the Chief Executive: Why housing (and the country) needs a new Lord Beaverbrook
After work last Friday, I went to the Pier Head Tavern. Upon arrival I ordered two pints in the style of Jack and Victor from
29 January 2026
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From the Chief Executive…“I’d start inspections with real life then work back to the boardroom”
“No one is listening”. That’s what a manager said on the phone as she told a worker how to fake safety evidence. Turns out she
23 October 2025
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Behind the headlines
‘I’ve never experienced such difficult times since arriving in the UK’ By Fuad Mahamed, CEO and Founder of refugee and migrant housing and integrated services
23 October 2025
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From the Chief Executive…“It’s not a good sign we’re getting instructions as basic as this from MHCLG”
“We can get there by bus from Killermont Street” – Roddy Frame. The housing sector is a rule taker, not a rule maker. Why do
17 July 2025
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By Neil Stubbings, Strategic Director of Place at Havering Council, and Hugh Jeffery, Regional Development Director at Wates Residential In May, planning permission was
17 July 2025
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