This interview is part of our three-part piece on Women in Housing. You can find the background information to these interviews in our ‘Women in
Author: Caroline Durvier
History of Social Housing: Where Does Social Purpose Fit in?
Please do not get me wrong. The title might suggest I disagree with social purpose, which I do not. I wholeheartedly believe that social housing
Book Extract: Safe as Houses
By: Stuart Hodkinson @stuhodkinson We are pleased to publish an extract of Stuart Hodkinson’s book Safe as Houses. In this book, Stuart uncovers the story
Should we own stuff?
A lot of people own a lot of things, from socks to mugs, to phones to sofas. But, is owning lots of stuff something that is still fit for the 21st century and beyond?
Caroline Duvier asks this while thinking about reusing stuff, furniture poverty, offering the option of a furnished tenancy in social housing, and much more in this article!
Letter to my Landlord
Recently, things have become just a bit too much. The pandemic, changes to planning laws, evictions can go ahead again, and wishy washy statements about funding for retrofit of the existing housing stock and building more social housing.
An anonymous contributer decided to write a letter to their landlord, addressing issues that other private renting tenants might recognise.
Sustainability in Social Housing
Can you define sustainability? It is one of the most confusing words of our time, and also one of the most important ones – if
Why it’s never only just about housing
By: Caroline Duvier @caroline_duvier Over the past half a year or so, I started to read a lot of non-fiction books concerned with our current
Come Dine With Me – And Other Ways to Create Great Partnerships
By Caroline Duvier @Caroline_Duvier I would argue that the social housing sector is one of the most important public service sectors in the UK, if
Quality Street – From sweets to reality
There’s people who love data, and people that just stare at it and wait for something magical to happen to make it interesting all of a sudden. That’s what Caroline Duvier has done here: make it interesting. She uses baking and sweets to talk about data and how you can consider data to be the ingredients of a wonderful cake called ‘happy residents’!