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IHM surveyed over 600 frontline housing staff. We wanted to find out about the biggest issues affecting your job, your organisation and the sector.
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To launch Inside Housing Management, we surveyed over 600 frontline housing staff. We wanted to find out about the biggest issues affecting your job, your organisation and the sector more broadly. @kathyswinds.bsky.social reports on what we found
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The first days of Awaab’s Law: how are social landlords coping?
The first days of Awaab’s Law: how are social landlords coping?
With Awaab’s Law now in effect, Ellie Brown finds out the initial impact on social landlords and how they prepared
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The first days of Awaab’s Law: how are social landlords coping?
RSH chief executive rejects committee chair’s accusation that English regulator is ‘light touch’
RSH chief executive rejects committee chair’s accusation that English regulator is ‘light touch’
The Regulator of Social Housing’s chief executive Fiona MacGregor has defended the regulator against an accusation that its inspection regime is “light touch”
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November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
RSH chief executive rejects committee chair’s accusation that English regulator is ‘light touch’
GLA and developer launch paid scheme for young Londoners interested in housing
GLA and developer launch paid scheme for young Londoners interested in housing
A paid careers scheme giving young Londoners the opportunity to learn about and influence estate regeneration in the capital has been launched by Mount Anvil and the Greater London Authority
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
GLA and developer launch paid scheme for young Londoners interested in housing
More than 80% of people experiencing homelessness battling multiple health problems, report finds
More than 80% of people experiencing homelessness battling multiple health problems, report finds
More than 80% of people experiencing homelessness are dealing with multiple “debilitating” physical health issues, according to new research by the membership body Homeless Link
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
More than 80% of people experiencing homelessness battling multiple health problems, report finds
Don’t overlook this aspect of the Competence and Conduct Standard
Don’t overlook this aspect of the Competence and Conduct Standard
Devonshires partner Kirsty Thompson advises social landlords not to focus on qualifications at the expense of the general standard
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November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Don’t overlook this aspect of the Competence and Conduct Standard
Supporting survivors of domestic abuse must be core to our fight against homelessness
Supporting survivors of domestic abuse must be core to our fight against homelessness
The government has a generational opportunity to tackle the homelessness emergency and women must be at the forefront of that strategy, writes Paula Barker, co-chair APPG for Ending Homelessness
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November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Supporting survivors of domestic abuse must be core to our fight against homelessness
Supported housing is crucial to tackling the divisive conversations around immigration
Supported housing is crucial to tackling the divisive conversations around immigration
Positive conversations around immigration are needed now more than ever, writes Fuad Mahamed, founder and chief executive of refugee and migrant housing provider ACH
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November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Supported housing is crucial to tackling the divisive conversations around immigration
Ombudsman focuses on landlord failures over severe leaks in latest maladministration report
Ombudsman focuses on landlord failures over severe leaks in latest maladministration report
The Housing Ombudsman has shared 11 cases of social landlords that failed to deal effectively with severe leaks in its latest maladministration report
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ombudsman focuses on landlord failures over severe leaks in latest maladministration report
Social tenants should not subsidise shared owner repair costs, inquiry hears
Social tenants should not subsidise shared owner repair costs, inquiry hears
The head of policy at the National Housing Federation has said that it would not be right for social housing tenants to subsidise shared owner repair costs
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Social tenants should not subsidise shared owner repair costs, inquiry hears
Social housing residents evacuated and homes flooded after Storm Claudia hits South Wales
Social housing residents evacuated and homes flooded after Storm Claudia hits South Wales
Residents of Monmouthshire Housing Association had to leave their homes after flooding caused by Storm Claudia devastated the Welsh county last weekend
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Social housing residents evacuated and homes flooded after Storm Claudia hits South Wales
RSH investigating more whistleblowing allegations despite overall drop in cases
RSH investigating more whistleblowing allegations despite overall drop in cases
The Regulator of Social Housing has investigated more whistleblower concerns over the past year, despite a slight drop in the overall number of reports made
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
RSH investigating more whistleblowing allegations despite overall drop in cases
Ombudsman highlights learnings from three landlords to prevent decant failings
Ombudsman highlights learnings from three landlords to prevent decant failings
The Housing Ombudsman has shared casework from three “poorly handled” temporary moves by three landlords to prevent future failings across the sector
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November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ombudsman highlights learnings from three landlords to prevent decant failings
Awaab’s Law update: landlords’ most common questions answered
Awaab’s Law update: landlords’ most common questions answered
Paul Lloyd, housing management partner at law firm Capsticks, answers the most common questions landlords have about the introduction of Awaab’s Law
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November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Awaab’s Law update: landlords’ most common questions answered
Managing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites
Managing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites
Elim Housing chief executive Paul Smith and specialist housing manager Lorraine Jenner explain best practice for managing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites
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November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Managing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites
Call for government to end ‘benefit trap’ affecting 30,000 young people in supported housing
Call for government to end ‘benefit trap’ affecting 30,000 young people in supported housing
A group of organisations has called on chancellor Rachel Reeves to end a “benefit trap” that affects an estimated 30,000 young people living in supported housing
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November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Call for government to end ‘benefit trap’ affecting 30,000 young people in supported housing
Councils’ temporary accommodation bill to reach £3bn by end of decade, LGA finds
Councils’ temporary accommodation bill to reach £3bn by end of decade, LGA finds
English councils’ spending on temporary accommodation is likely to reach £3bn by the end of the decade, the Local Government Association has found
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November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Councils’ temporary accommodation bill to reach £3bn by end of decade, LGA finds
Inside Housing Management Podcast: Artificial intelligence for housing
Inside Housing Management Podcast: Artificial intelligence for housing
The Inside Housing Management Podcast is your on-the-go show covering the biggest stories and issues affecting workers at the forefront of social housing. In this episode, we discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the shape of housing management
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November 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Inside Housing Management Podcast: Artificial intelligence for housing
NHG hits 40% of milestones in plan to return to compliance
NHG hits 40% of milestones in plan to return to compliance
The latest trading update from Notting Hill Genesis shows that the landlord has hit 40% of the milestones in its plan to return to compliance with the English regulator
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November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NHG hits 40% of milestones in plan to return to compliance
Former prime minister and retailers back Prince William’s homelessness project with furniture and essential goods
Former prime minister and retailers back Prince William’s homelessness project with furniture and essential goods
A charity led by former prime minister Gordon Brown and four major UK retailers have partnered with Prince William’s homelessness project to furnish 250 homes
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November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Former prime minister and retailers back Prince William’s homelessness project with furniture and essential goods
More than two-thirds of tenants feel stigmatised for living in social housing, national survey finds
More than two-thirds of tenants feel stigmatised for living in social housing, national survey finds
Campaign group Stop Social Housing Stigma’s national tenant survey has revealed that more than two-thirds of tenants feel stigmatised living in social housing
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
More than two-thirds of tenants feel stigmatised for living in social housing, national survey finds
How we… are using apprenticeships to tackle the housing skills gap
How we… are using apprenticeships to tackle the housing skills gap
Ursula Bennion, chief executive of Trent & Dove, explains how the housing association is using an apprenticeship scheme to recruit staff and develop transferable skills within its workforce
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
How we… are using apprenticeships to tackle the housing skills gap
District council handed first consumer grading of C2
District council handed first consumer grading of C2
The Regulator of Social Housing has awarded North West Leicestershire District Council a C2 consumer grading following its first inspection
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November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
District council handed first consumer grading of C2
Housing secretary tells MPs homelessness and long-term housing strategies might be delayed until after Christmas
Housing secretary tells MPs homelessness and long-term housing strategies might be delayed until after Christmas
The housing secretary has told MPs that the government’s long-awaited homelessness and long-term housing strategies might be delayed until after Christmas
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November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Housing secretary tells MPs homelessness and long-term housing strategies might be delayed until after Christmas
Older people’s commissioner urges Welsh landlords to lead on preventative health
Older people’s commissioner urges Welsh landlords to lead on preventative health
Social landlords in Wales should be leading the way on preventative health for older people in their housing, says the country’s older people’s commissioner
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November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Older people’s commissioner urges Welsh landlords to lead on preventative health
Large Welsh provider selects firm to help deliver 24,000-home repair programme
Large Welsh provider selects firm to help deliver 24,000-home repair programme
Pobl Group, the largest housing association in Wales, has selected a firm to help deliver and transform its 24,000-home repairs programme
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November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Large Welsh provider selects firm to help deliver 24,000-home repair programme