New housing minister Mark Prisk wasted little time throwing down a challenge to housing associations in what was his ninth working day in the job at the National Housing Federation (NHF) annual conference in Birmingham. Making his first key note address since his appointment, Mr Prisk briefly reiterated the Government’s intentions to make building new homes “front and centre” of its economic plans and pledged to work with the sector to "get it right". He also encouraged housi...