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In Focus‘I’m a local lad’: FCHO CEO Mark Gifford on Greater Manchester pride and building family homes
Social housing sector newcomer Mark Gifford is the fourth person to hold the permanent chief executive role at First Choice Homes Oldham since 2020. The OBE-holder discusses development strategy, his business background and all things Manchester in his first interview since taking the job
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In FocusDelivering retrofit, compliance and certainty: why early engagement is crucial
With housing providers balancing decarbonisation, regulatory reform and budget pressures, Oliver Mooney, head of category at Fusion21, sets out why early engagement underpins successful delivery
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In FocusWith build-to-rent on the back foot, can major regeneration schemes still stack up?
Retailer John Lewis blamed its decision to scrap plans to build 10,000 BTR homes on a ‘fundamental shift’ in economic conditions. Joey Gardiner wonders what the future is for this vital sector
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In Focus‘I feel a bit like a therapist’: My work as a resident liaison officer for Durkan Regen
In the latest in our Frontline Stories series, Yogesh Mata-Badul talks about engaging with residents, his passion for tenant vulnerability training and his personal shopping side gig
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In FocusInside West Yorkshire’s quiet renaissance: A regional deep dive into the forces transforming its cities
Devolution is giving Leeds, Bradford and the surrounding local authorities the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Joey Gardiner profiles West Yorkshire, its funding streams, community priorities, key clients and active consultants
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In FocusA new era for regeneration: Housing Forum’s Alex Notay on funding models, patient capital and the future of placemaking
As pressures mount across planning, funding and delivery, new Housing Forum CEO and Regen Connect advisory panellist Alex Notay outlines why the sector must step beyond traditional silos to unlock regeneration at scale. Carl Brown reports
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In FocusKey talking points from CIH Scotland’s Housing Festival 2026
Debates surrounding the upcoming election, immigration, Scotland’s new housing agency and net zero featured heavily throughout the annual conference. Alex Funk reports
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In FocusThe Housing Today Good Employer Guide 2026: What does the data say?
Housing Today’s first ever directory of good housing association employers highlights trends and initiatives around pay, benefits, skills and development, wellbeing policies and much more. Carl Brown pulls out the key themes
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In FocusThe Housing Today Good Employer Guide 2026
Housing Today today publishes its online directory and digital supplement showcasing the good employers in the housing association sector
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Good Employer Guide 2026 Table
Click on an organisation’s name in the table below to view its full listing. Click on column heads to sort data by the various metrics, expand by clicking top right Click here to download a digital edition version of the guide, including analysis OrganisationGeographical area coveredNumber of UK ...
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In FocusCulture, customers and working in Ceaușescu’s orphanages: Nick Apetroaie shares his housing journey
The chief executive of Accent Housing has built his career on a principle of person-centred care. He explains his vision to Carl Brown, and how his outlook was shaped by growing up under a dictatorship in his native Romania
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In FocusFrom theory to proof: how live sites are proving MMC can unlock housing delivery
Live schemes in Bristol and Banstead are providing real-world evidence of what modern methods of construction can deliver. Richard Weeks explains how MMC is improving speed, quality and long-term performance in social housing development – and why early results matter.
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In FocusMiliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with public confidence in retrofit at a low ebb
The embarrassing failures of the ECO scheme have given retrofit a bad name, but its cancellation hit good and bad installers alike. Together, they put the government in a tricky spot to effect a mass roll-out of new energy efficiency measures, reports Daniel Gayne
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In FocusThe regeneration rethink: funding, power and the local leaders shaping what comes next
For over a decade, built environment policy has prioritised new build over regenerating places. As Housing Today launches its new Regen Connect editorial campaign, Joey Gardiner finds out why that might all be about to change
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In Focus‘The cliff edge has probably been reached’ … When the Warm Homes Plan finally arrives, will there be an industry left to deliver it?
Reports suggest the upcoming plan will see a big move towards low carbon technologies and shift in emphasis from grant to regulation. But industry figures say its long delay and the cancellation of the ECO scheme last year could leave DESNZ without the workforce to deliver its goals.
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In FocusSocial housing’s top 200 biggest spenders on repairs and maintenance in 2024/25
The Regulator of Social Housing has published its annual global accounts data for the 200 largest registered providers in England. But who spent the most in 2024/25? Use our sortable data table to find out.
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In Focus‘I’ve always had a feeling for people and doing the right thing’: New CIH president Julie Haydon on building resilience
Wolverhampton Homes’ director of corporate services has a blueprint to boost mental wellbeing among social housing workers. Speaking to Alex Funk, she discusses how to tackle workforce burnout
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In FocusWhat slow progress at Tempsford says about the wider new towns programme
Despite the suitable location of the Bedfordshire site as a place for tens of thousands of new homes, the government has yet to formally declare its backing for the project. Joey Gardiner asks why so many questions remain unresolved
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In Focus‘It’s reassuring that development is a cycle’… Following the 12-year regeneration journey at Elephant Park
As Lendlease’s huge project at Elephant & Castle finally approaches completion, Daniel Gayne spoke to the team behind the scheme to find out how it has changed over more than a decade of work
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In FocusBest of 2025: interviews
Our pick of the best Housing Today interviews from the past 12 months