Hannah Fearn
Hannah Fearn
May 2013
The Guardian Housing Network editor reveals a passion for the Britpop bands of the mid-1990s, Converse trainers and University Challenge.
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Peter Walls
Peter Walls
May 2013
The Gentoo chief executive uses his 24 hours on the throne to serve up a menu to transform people’s lives.
Elspeth Mackenzie
Elspeth Mackenzie
April 2013
It’s a busy 24 hours for Thrive Homes’ chief executive as she orders an inquiry into the impact of the Government’s policies, gets to grip with the green belt’s stranglehold on new development and demands a ‘universal definition’ of social value.
Housing Characters
Max Salsbury
April 2013
Many a colourful character has graced the world of social housing, leaving a legacy far more powerful than simple bricks and mortar. Some giants still walk the halls of power today, living legends on a path towards greatness. But one of the six profiles on this page is entirely made up. Your mission, should you choose to accept of course, is to find out who isn’t real.
Dave Willis
Dave Willis
March 2013
The Wellingborough Homes chief executive shares his passions beyond housing, from cars and Chris Evans to The Jam and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Sinead O'Neill
Sinead O'Neill
February 2013
The business development manager for property services specialists Ian Williams reveals how she would use her 24 hours in charge of the country to get a computer in every home and ensure that the recruitment and training of apprentices is a top priority.
Knowing me, knowing you
Sue Jennings
March 2013
In a bid to gain a greater understanding of their tenants’ lives ahead of the impending welfare reforms, Leeds Federated Housing has undertaken a major research project involving 1,200 face-to-face interviews.
Housing anniversaries
Max Salsbury
March 2013
This year will witness some key anniversaries. Entertainer Danny Kaye was born 100 years ago, while shorthand pioneer Sir Isaac Pitman would have been a very long 200 had his squiggly bits survived (he died in 1897 but sadly nobody could read his will). So what has the social housing sector to celebrate in the year 2013 ADO (Anno David Orr)? As per usual, one of the following six facts is far from true.
Acronyms
Max Salsbury
February 2013
HAWTTMFOF! We’re sure you worked it out, but that’s an acronym for ‘Hello and welcome to this month’s Fact or Fiction’. Like most of the busy modern world, the housing sector loves to shorten stuff (especially tenancies). However some of its time-saving phrases (TSPs) can be a little baffling. So will the experts out there be able to SOTBA (sniff out the bogus acronym) among the FTAR (five that are real)?
Nick Boles
Max Salsbury
January 2013
If you want to know what ministers are planning, it might be best to consult the planning minister, who presently takes the form of Nick Boles. The 49-year-old made headlines late last year when he shared some ‘controversial’ thoughts on where Britain should be building its future homes. But what do we really know of the man? Here are ‘six’ facts but which one has been constructed without consent?
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