Levelling-up needs more than collaboration, it needs a whole new community

11 August 2022

Greg is Group Chief Executive at Places for People

Community is a word that is very important to us at Places for People. We believe, fundamentally, that it encapsulates who we are and what we do.

Will the government's target date to end rough sleeping be met?

5 July 2022

Matt Downie is Chief Executive at Crisis.

We’re fast approaching the government’s target date to end rough sleeping in England. Will it be met?

National Housing Summit 2022: renewing our sector's purpose and vision

8 March 2022

Kate Henderson, Chief Executive at the NHF discusses being back together at this year’s Summit and reinvigorating our housing association purpose.

What happened at the Summit Special Edition 2021?

4 November 2021

Ed, Barber, Policy Assistant at the NHF provides a roundup of the key sessions from our National Housing Summit - Special Edition.

After a time like no other, we need to start looking forward

14 September 2021

Geeta Nanda OBE, Chief Executive, Metropolitan Thames Valley

As the country emerges from the restrictions of the pandemic, it’s critical that housing associations take what we’ve learned to make sure we are ready to make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead.

Making the most of the levelling up opportunity

7 June 2021

Bronwen Rapley, Chief Executive, Onward Homes and Chair of Liverpool City Region Housing Associations

Levelling up is a blank canvas. This is its political strength, as a space for people to fill with their own priorities, as well as a practical challenge to turn it into policy. Social housing must be ready to enter this space, and grasp this challenge, as an opportunity for our customers.

Creating great places

23 February 2021

Kevin is Deputy Chief Executive of Together Housing

There’s a lot of jargon in the news at the moment. “Levelling up”, “red wall” or even worse “left behind towns” – but really do we talk enough about how you can turn a place around?

Why we must work together to provide quality housing and support for people with a learning disability and autism

12 February 2021

John Verge is Chief Executive of Golden Lane Housing.

The need for safe and secure housing, with the appropriate support and care, has never been greater for people with a learning disability or autism, many of whom have continued to shield in their homes throughout the coronavirus pandemic. For many people with a learning disability or autism the choice of housing options remains limited. Too many people are still living in unsuitable homes or are continuing to live with family carers far longer than their desire for independence demands.

Are you rising to the challenge?

24 September 2019

Phil is Head of Not for Profit at BDO

Housing associations are ready and willing to step up and rise to the challenges they face in today’s economy.

Come and visit the Creating our Future stand at Summit

23 August 2019

Futures Programme Manager at the National Housing Federation

Creating our Future is the National Housing Federation’s award-winning innovation programme. It provides a space for housing associations to collaborate on a sector-wide scale to tackle housing’s biggest challenges.

Why I think you should attend the National Housing Summit – there really is something for everyone

12 March 2019

Fayann Simpson is a Board Member at L&Q and member of the National Housing Summit steering group.

Last year I joined the board of L&Q, having been a resident for over 20 years. Being a new board member has brought me closer to the broad set of challenges my organisation faces. And so it is important to me, as a board member, to be aware of the latest thinking and innovation within the housing sector and beyond.

Making city living sexy again

6 September 2018

Tom Bloxham MBE is a British property developer and founder of urban renewal property development company Urban Splash

When we first started out in Manchester and Liverpool over 25 years ago, urban living had largely lost its appeal – there were fewer than 200 people living in either of the city centres.

In areas like Park Hill in Sheffield, the Cardroom Estate in Manchester – now better known as New Islington – and Langworthy (now Chimney Pot Park) in Salford, by and large...

Tackling the barriers to building new homes – it’s all about the quantity and the quality

30 August 2018

Mark Farmer is Founder Director and CEO of Cast Real Estate & Construction Consultancy

In 2016, I wrote a review of the UK construction industry called Modernise or Die. It made a series of recommendations aimed at the Government, the construction industry and also the development industry that ultimately commissions construction work.

Housing associations working together to end homelessness

1 August 2018

Chris Hancock is the Head of Housing for Crisis

It is evident that the supply of the right type of housing is vital if we are to end homelessness. However, an increase in housing supply by itself will not provide the solution if homeless people are unable to access homes or keep hold of them.

Asking ourselves those big questions

19 July 2018

Tim Abbott is a member of the Steering Group for the National Housing Summit and Head of Corporate Affairs, Sovereign

The day after the referendum on the European Union, a friend of mine explained to me why he’d voted leave. He said he didn’t know what the future held outside the EU, but it had to be better than the way things were. In the days and months that followed, the voices of other people who felt trapped, abandoned or without hope of a better future choosing change – any change – became louder. For those that work in housing, perhaps this was not a surprise.

What makes a conference great?

25 April 2018

Henry Gregg is Member Relations Director at the National Housing Federation

We can all think back to events or speakers that have inspired us. The ones where we have come back to the office with a nugget of information or keen to try a new approach or idea that we have just heard about.