Reflecting on Caroline’s article here about whether we have a social purpose in social housing or if it is a myth inspired this short article. This article considers how the research participants for Hannah’s PhD thesis talked about social purpose, or more accurately when reflecting on conversations with housing practitioners, a smooth alignment of ‘social purpose and the bottom line’.
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‘If you don’t like it, just leave’ – Social Housing’s ‘Competition Fallacy’ and Tenant Engagement Red Flags
A while ago, in August of last year to be precise, I read the article ‘Out of Our League‘ by Alistair McIntosh, CEO of HQN.
Let’s Talk About Poverty
By: Hannah Absalom, @HousingHannah On Tuesday 16th March, a national conference was hosted by HQN and Hough Bellis called ‘Hard Times – the HQN Poverty
ESG – Opportunities and Challenges for Boards
Environmental, social and governance matters have steadily moved up the list of priorities for registered providers of housing providers following the introduction of the UK’s legally binding target to produce zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Ellen Damlica, Associate in the Housing Corporate and Governance Team at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, provides readers with a concise and clear overview of what boards need to consider when talking about this ‘2050 Target’.
Language Matters: It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it…
We use language every day, in everything we do. Whether it’s spoken, written, signed or even drawn. It’s how we communicate, and, as recipients get an idea of what people think of us. That’s why language matters in social housing.
Invisible Creations® and their Journey to Design for Dignity™
By: Ashleigh Powney @inviscreations Our Journey to Design for Dignity™ Invisible Creations® is challenging stereotypes and negative stigmas around ageing and disability by producing attractive
September 2020 Newsletter
Dear reader, When we launched on the 15th of June 2020 we promised to anyone subscribing that we would not spam you on a daily
730 Days Later – where are we two years on from the Social Housing Green Paper?
By: Rose Klemperer @RoseKlemperer The sector waited for the Social Housing Green Paper (the “SHGP”) with bated breath and we were promised it would be
Housing’s diversity challenge – Time for a bold approach to embracing inclusive leadership
By: Sharon Thandi @SharonThandi07 Housing’s ‘diversity problem’ is nothing new and is a subject that has been talked about for a number of years with
Nudge Nudge, Think Think! Contribute to cutting edge social housing research.
What is Nudge? Nudge burst into the public consciousness in 2008 with Thaler and Sunstein’s book called, well, ‘Nudge, improving decisions about health, wealth and
A Letter in Lockdown: From My Home to Yours
By: Leigh Dunbar @Leigh_Dunbar Housing officers all over the country have gone from nipping in and out of tenant meetings and calling in at tenant’s
Call for Articles – July 2020
We continue to invite you to share your stories, expertise, knowledge and ideas with us and other people passionate about the future of social housing.
Low-Income Housing and labeling/labeling – A Report from Pakistan
How we talk about social housing, market it and find new funders to build more of it is not a straightforward thing. Language matters, and has a lot more power and influence than people think. Sana Malik, a PhD student at Universiti Sains Malaysia, shares with us how language matters in the case of social housing in Pakistan.
Governance in unprecedented times: Assurance, Mission – and flying a plane!
The Covid19 pandemic has brought with it a lot of challenges. Not everything has been easy, and a lot of people have suffered a lot and lost loved ones, but luckily some challenges also give us the opportunity to learn and slingshot us into new, better practices. Mark Glinwood writes about Governance in Social Housing and how the pandemic can be seen as the ‘ultimate disruptor, for good’.
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’!
What does the ‘social’ in ‘social housing’ mean to Soha?
Co-written by staff and tenants of Soha Social housing is unique because it provides affordable secure homes for the huge number of people in our
Contribute: Call for Articles
We invite you to share your stories, expertise, knowledge and ideas with us and other people passionate about the future of social housing. We are
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Welcome to Social Housing Matters! We, Hannah Absalom and Dr Gaby Wolferink, are collaborating to create a discussion space for everyone who is passionate about