Housing Providers Need a New 'Entrepreneurial' Spirit
Posted 01.02.13
Research by the University of St Andrews and a group of international practitioners says radical thinking is needed to shape a new, entrepreneurial and thriving rental housing sector.
The current crisis is crushing the housing hopes of many poorer and younger households and holding back community renewal while, according to the study, the drive for 21st century homes is being hampered by 20th century housing thinking.
The new research - led by Professor Duncan Maclennan and Sharon Chisholm for the University's Centre for Housing Research (CHR) - calls for a more enterprising and innovative approach in housing alongside a continuing focus on supporting communities and help to improve people's lives.
The report of the study - New Times, New Business: Housing Provision in Times of Austerity - is available online via this link.
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Priorities for the HCA
Posted 04.02.13
Richard Hill has been appointed interim CEO of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). He will be leading the Agency until the process to recruit a permanent CEO is completed.
In an 'internal' interview he talks about the priorities for the HCA as it approach the end of the 2012-13 financial year.
Great Places Appoints New Chief Executive
Posted 04.02.13
Manchester-based housing association Great Places has appointed Matthew Harrison as its new Chief Executive.
He takes over from Stephen Porter, who is retiring in April after heading the 16,000-home Association for 21 years.
Matthew Harrison is currently deputy chief executive at Great Places.
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Lambeth Living Appoints Permanent CE After Achieving Major Improvements
Posted 13.02.13
Lambeth Living, one of London's largest arm's-length management organisations (ALMO), has appointed Neil Litherland as its permanent Chief Executive.
He took the post of interim CE in February 2011, just two months before a two-year deadline imposed by Lambeth Council to achieve significant improvements in the 29,000 home ALMO.
Neil Litherland was Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Housing and Adult Social Care at Camden before he joined Lambeth Living.
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New Chief Executive at HCA Named
Posted 21.02.13
Andy Rose, a partner at European debt adviser and asset manager organisation AgFe, has been appointed as new Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
As well as being responsible for the £1.8 billion affordable homes programme, he will also control the purse strings of HCA's annual operating budget of £100 million and annual investment budget of £1.5 billion.
Andy Rose will take over from interim CE Richard Hill on the 15th April.
