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Q & A with Matt Leach: Using technology to reinvent the housing association sector

Matt Leach, chief executive of Hact, joined the housing sector at a time of huge ...

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Housing associations bearing the brunt of welfare reform

As government attempts to reduce the benefits bill through welfare reform, housing associations are dealing ...

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An experiment in low-income housing in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco

The Hope SF project aims to rebuild old housing estates and provide social services for ...

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Garden cities need community ownership

Community ownership does work. Garden cities are not to be places of charity and paternalism ...

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To re-imagine regeneration we need to reinvent engagement

Innovation is sometimes presented as something complex but often the most innovative thing a service ...

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The great house price divide

The Smith Institute’s report on the Great House Price Divide, which we published today, shows ...

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Stories from a Bolton housing estate

Who’s to say whether this UCAN is the best advice centre in the country? It ...

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Local economic experiments: Getting housebuilding going

New financial freedoms are allowing councils to get house-building started again. Traditional council homes and ...

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Roads or housing? Which is your priority?

The pension schemes need to invest competitively and see their return. We all need to ...

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How to… create resilient local communities

Resilient communities have resilient, co-produced institutions at their heart, argues Julian Dobson.