The highly anticipated green paper on social housing was released Tuesday 14th August 2018, within it some key implications for the social housing sector. There has already been significant focus…
Category: Strategy & Governance
How the role of board members has changed over the past nine years
This week I’m stepping down from the board of Optivo (including Amicus Horizon, one of its legacy organisations), as its vice chair after nine years. It’s been great and it’s…
HAs must publish Gender Pay Reports by 4th April 2018
If you are a housing association which had 250 or more employees on 1st April 2017, you are required under The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017…
Rent setting: Just because you could, does it mean you should?
Great article from Gemma Duggan from this weeks “Social Housing”: Rent setting: Just because you could, does it mean you should? My mum used to tell me ‘Just because you…
Clear Focus on Local Authorities
Teresa May’s Government confirmed again at the Conservative Party Conference that there will be a clear policy focus on local authority ( LA) housing in the coming years. Altair has…
The Taylor Review and what Housing Associations can learn from Uber
‘Zero-hour contracts’, ‘worker status’, ‘gig economy’, ‘self-employed contractors’ – all words and phrases you may have heard in the past year. Particularly alongside details of high profile legal cases, involving…