19 Aug 2021 | Career development | Equality, diversity and inclusion

LGBT+ mentoring – why diversity mentoring matters and its impact

Mentoring is often cited as an extremely effective way to support diversity and inclusion initiatives and agendas within organisations, and with good reason.

18 Aug 2021 | Regulation and legal

Regulatory focus – lessons learned

Gemma Bell, CIH member and partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper discusses why good governance is more important than ever for registered providers of social housing.

04 Aug 2021 | Building new homes | Climate and sustainability | Regulation and legal

Why we must include Band D social homes in the Energy Company Obligation eligibility criteria

CIH's Alexandra Gibson highlights why Band D social homes should be eligible for funding under ECO4 if we are to reach new statutory fuel poverty targets 2025.

03 Aug 2021 | Career development

Five reasons why you should consider mentoring others

From interpersonal skills to coaching experience, being a mentor is a fantastic way to develop yourself and provide support to others.

23 Jul 2021 | About CIH | Equality, diversity and inclusion

Being part of the CIH equality, diversity and inclusion group

CIH London board member Daniel Revell-Wiseman shares more about his life experiences and the importance of being part of CIH's equality, diversity and inclusion group.

22 Jul 2021 | About CIH | Career development

The leap to Level 5

CIH's Niki Walton reflects on her experience completing the Level 5 Diploma in Housing.

20 Jul 2021 | Equality, diversity and inclusion

Stigma and social housing in England

Mercy Denedo and Amanze Ejiogu discuss their recent report investigating the origins of and motivators behind the stigma attached to social housing in England.

15 Jul 2021 | Digital

A digital future in housing

Futr, sponsors of our new Housing management summit share more about their work and why they're excited to be joining the housing sector on our digital journey.

13 Jul 2021 | Health

Compassion fatigue in housing

After attending a webinar on compassion fatigue earlier this year, CIH fellow Maggie Shannon share some important learning for the sector.

05 Jul 2021 | Health

Making housing and dementia a national priority

In this blog, the co-chairs of Scotland's new National Housing and Dementia Forum give a summary of what they have heard from participants so far.

24 Jun 2021

Supporting residents to live well requires delivering a quality customer experience

Metropolitan Thames Valley chair, Althea Efunshile discusses the importance in delivering quality customer service in order to build and maintain trust with residents.

22 Jun 2021 | Homelessness

Rising to the challenge of ending youth homelessness in Scotland

In this blog, John Kerr outlines partnership work aimed at tackling youth homelessness in West Dunbartonshire.

22 Jun 2021 | Climate and sustainability

To build or not to build - that is the DORIC

Stewart Little, CEO of IRT Survey's shares more about how their advance thermal imaging survey technology and DREam platform is achieving significant gains in energy performance.

18 Jun 2021 | Equality, diversity and inclusion

What Windrush Day means to me

Amanda Bhavnani, Eastlight Community Homes’ communications advisor, shares what Windrush Day on 22 June means to her and her family.

17 Jun 2021

Looking back on a Cartrefi Conwy award hat-trick

Annette Hennessey, communication and marketing manager at Cartrefi Conwy, looks back on the organisation's incredible award hat-trick at the Welsh Housing Awards 2019.