Anniversaries naturally provoke reflection. We contemplate our advancing age on birthdays and we consider a new resolution with the new year. But some anniversaries, like Armistice Day are there to…
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Leadership Lockdown Lessons from Tom Woodman, Cornerstone CEO
Having spent some years as an executive director at a large south west HA, in February 2020 Tom Woodman took up the role of Chief Executive at Cornerstone HA (1,400…
Agile working? A necessity in changing times
As the number of cases of coronavirus in the UK continues to rise, and the government is being called to make significant change to address the climate emergency, organisations with…
Reflections from the joint AUHF and IUHF 2019 conference in Cape Town
It’s the first time that we have attended a joint African Union of Housing Finance and International Union of Housing Finance conference, and it was an excellent first-time experience. We…
Practical examples of housing market interventions
At Altair International we have developed a significant amount of experience of a wide range of interventions which have been implemented to tackle housing shortages across the world. We also…
What important lessons can we learn from the UK affordable housing market?
Affordable housing in the UK is by no means perfect, in fact various estimates suggest that between 1997 and 2017 there was an overall deficit of 600k new homes compared…