Calling the young – CIH Housing Brighton awaits
Do you have ideas to transform lives in housing? Want to challenge the status quo, improve your self-confidence or build up your personal career network? Then attend CIH's Housing Brighton.
Stepping up to the refugee crisis
Last month, the government announced it was phasing out hotel bridging accommodation, which is currently housing around 8,000 Afghan refugees
Stagnating progress on damp, mouldy homes – The UK Housing Review 2023
This blog examines the progress in addressing damp and mould issues and the impact on health, using the latest research from the 2023 UK Housing Review.
Protection from eviction through bereavement
This blog discusses the findings of the UK Commission into Bereavement, with a focus on the impact of social housing tenancy procedures on grieving families.
Mentor spotlight - Deborah Wooderson
In this new series led by CIH Northern Ireland, we're sitting down with some of our mentors to discover more about them.
Not every house is a home with many Scots in temporary accommodation
In this latest opinion piece first published in the Herald, CIH Scotland chair Gavin Smith calls for continued focus on tackling homelessness in Scotland.
Let’s collaborate to start an honest and open conversation about retrofit
Kathy Thomas, communication project manager (net zero) at the Northern Housing Consortium, discusses a recent joint project with Placeshapers and Tpas to improve resident engagement.
Support needed for warmer rural homes
Originally written for Rural Housing Week 2022, Rural Community Network's Aiden Campbell explores additional challenges faced by rural dwellers when trying to heat their homes
The state of older people’s housing in Wales
In February 2023 Care and Repair Cymru published a report looking into the state of older people’s housing in Wales. The report showed that older person’s housing in Wales needs investment.
Doing best, what matters most: the Johnnie Johnson Housing ethos for customer satisfaction
In this blog Kate McArdell-Broome discusses how their innovative approach to customer centric design has transformed the way they listen and respond to customers' needs for the better.
Housing organisations want to rise to the challenge of providing more housing to those in need
Julie Steele examines how insight and analysis of housing in Northern Ireland highlights the scale of challenges faced by a sector, providing a renewed purpose to provide safe and secure housing.
Levelling Up continues to lack a coherent strategy – The UK Housing Review 2023
Alexandra Gibson discusses the devolution announcements in the Spring Budget, drawing analysis from the 2023 UK Housing Review to assess the role of housing through the Levelling Up lens.
In my shoes: building a better future for refugees and migrants in the UK
Paul Hassan discusses ACH's innovative and empathetic approach to providing residential support for refugees.
Documenting the shocking realities of sub-standard office to residential conversions
Sally Louise Roscoe, projects assistant at the Town and Country Planning Association explores the challenges with the rise of office to residential permitted development rights.
Getting in to housing
Jay Rumboldt CIHM shares more about his career in the sector, as well as a few perks and pointers I have picked up along the way.
