24housing magazine

November 2009

It’s amazing what you can unearth when you dig deep in the field of social housing. Rooftop Housing Group found themselves re-housing a Roman centurion whose skeleton presented one of a series of unforeseen challenges during construction of an affordable housing scheme in Worcestershire. We give Rooftop’s own Indiana Jones, David Hannon, the platform as the Group launch their new publication Sharing Positive Practice in Rural Development.

Have you checked out your hate crime policy recently? You may find it to be the skeleton in your closet, as housing organisations emerge as front runners in the movement to redefine the criteria for hate crime to include crimes against ‘alternative sub-cultures’. Twin Valley Homes and Housing Pendle were driven to re-phrase their internal policy after working with the mother of Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered because of the way she dressed.

24housing this month investigates the carrot and stick approach to tackling worklessness through tenancy incentive schemes, and one year on from the biggest corporate failure in banking history, we assess the role of the two Government agencies charged with keeping UK housing associations from going under.

You’ll also unearth plenty of opinion and comment from the key figures influencing the housing sector today; plus plenty of advice and guidance on a range of topics from tendering to creating a happy working environment.

 

Jane Gething-Lewis
Editor, 24housing Magazine