Picture resilience in housing. What does it look like?

Perhaps it is frontline workers supporting vulnerable residents, or tenants overcoming personal challenges when trying to secure a safe and suitable home. For Julie Haydon, the Chartered Institute of Housing’s new president, resilience looks like all of the above, plus a “big white beard”.

She kicked off her presidency of the CIH last month with her Rooted in Resilience campaign, which aims to raise awareness of mental health support for those involved in the social housing sector. The campaign was shaped by her professional and personal experiences, including a period of her childhood when she watched her father struggling with mental health.