Blog: October 2014
Housing on the Right Pathway
by David King - on 31/10/2014Following on from some roundtable events held at the NHF, our Housing and Health Intern, David King, looks at how we can make better use of pathways.
Comments: 0A community-driven response to the housing crisis
by Anna Carnegie - on 20/10/2014As part of her work on HACT's self-help housing project, Housing Intern Anna Carnegie reflects on the success of the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme to date. Originally published in New Start Magazine.
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by David King - on 13/10/2014HACT's Housing Intern David King discusses why housing providers are perfectly placed to help the healthcare sector deliver effective 'social prescriptions' to patients.
Comments: 0The politics of stigma
by John Coburn - on 10/10/2014On World Mental Health day, HACT Networks Manager John Coburn blogs on how work by the UK housing sector to combat the stigma of social housing can offer lessons and hope to those tackling other stigmatised issues, and in particular around mental health.
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