Insight

Insight noun : the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something. If you would like to be considered as a contributer and help shape the debate please contact Chris Ogden – editor chris.ogden@crosbyassocaites.co.uk

Ian Critchley, assistant chief constable of Merseyside Police.
COMMENT
By Chris Ogden
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February 25, 2021
Policing in partnership is key to tackling county lines

Close collaboration between the public and private sector will support social housing providers in stamping out county lines.

Tracy Harrison, chief executive of the Northern Housing Consortium.
COMMENT
By Chris Ogden
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February 22, 2021
The government must double down on levelling up in its Budget

The government needs to deliver on its pledge to level up the country in next week’s Budget, Tracy Harrison writes.

A black and white portrait photo of Daniel Chard, partner and head of property at Bird & Co.
COMMENT
By Chris Ogden
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February 19, 2021
The new leasehold reforms are set to transform homeownership

Daniel Chard from Bird and Co. discusses the recent leasehold reforms and what this may mean for the future of home ownership.

Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
FEATURES
By Chris Ogden
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February 18, 2021
The social contract: Interview with Gavin Smart, CIH’s chief executive

We speak with Gavin Smart about the CIH’s current challenges, the state of the sector, and what social housing’s purpose should be.

A close-up photo of Helen Greig, Women In Social Housing's new managing director. She is smiling.
FEATURES
By Chris Ogden
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February 18, 2021
Making a wish: Interview with Helen Greig, WISH’s managing director

We speak with Helen Greig to discuss her plans for Women In Social Housing and the drive for equality in the housing sector.

A headshot of Lynsey Sweeney, managing director of Communities that Work. She is smiling at the camera.
COMMENT
By Chris Ogden
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February 2, 2021
ESF reserves can help social housing drive economic recovery

Leveraging ESF reserve funds would help social landlords deliver critical employment support services, writes Lynsey Sweeney.

A stock image of a wooden house in front of a stack of coins.
COMMENT
By Chris Ogden
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January 26, 2021
Bridging finance and the property market in 2021

Despite a rocky start to 2021, housebuilders and developers have cause for cautious optimism, writes Kenton Hackney.