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Fighting interference
by Tom Murtha - on 27/03/2013Housing associations pioneered work against discrimination and must resist the latest cynical attempt to grab votes, says HACT's Chair Tom Murtha.
Comments: 1Trafford Housing Trust guest blog: Why HACT Should Appeal To Progressives
by Matt Leach - on 18/03/2013Our CEO, Matt Leach, is the first person to 'guest blog' on the blog page of Matthew Gardiner from Trafford Housing Trust (mirrored on our blog), talking about why the progressives within housing should be attracted to what HACT is currently doing.
Comments: 0Steps to success
by Tom Murtha - on 22/02/2013HACT's chair Tom Murtha says that good leadership can never just be about money management.
Comments: 0Population Insight: Making sense of the 2011 Census migration data
by John Perry - on 07/02/2013John Perry, who has worked with HACT to develop the Population Insight tool, discusses how the software programme releases the potential of migration information available to housing providers in the data released in the recently available 2011 Census.
Comments: 0New data tools allow housing staff to understand social trends
by Matt Leach - on 10/12/2012From mental health rates to employment, housing providers can map their properties and community work against local statistics.
Comments: 0Community Insight: A new open data tool for housing providers
by Matt Leach - on 07/12/2012With the long-term economic outlook decidedly gloomy, HACT's CEO Matt Leach talks about the new range of tools that HACT is developing to equip housing providers for a challenging future.
Comments: 0Re-Made in Dagenham
by Line Algoed - on 30/11/2012HACT's Housing Intern Line Algoed, who is currently working on the self-help housing project, visits a site in Essex to see how community grants made from the DCLG's Empty Homes Programme are turning around both empty properties and the community.
Comments: 0A new economy for housing: investing in social enterprise
by John Coburn - on 16/11/2012With the long-term economic outlook bleak, HACT's Network Coordinator John Coburn comments that an innovative approach is required to look into new opportunities for tenant employment.
Comments: 0Looking beyond land use in neighbourhood planning: What resources should we be scouting for?
by Zoe Savory - on 15/11/2012HACT's current Housing Intern Zoe Savory discusses the recent 'Building neighbourhoods that people want to live in' HACT workshop and considers how the sector can effectively target investment within their neighbourhood planning agenda.
Comments: 0Kill Wonga: Or How Could Housing Associations Work With Community Organisers?
by Matthew Gardiner - on 14/11/2012HACT's Board member Michael Gardiner reflects on his own career in housing and believes that community organisers and housing associations can team together to move the sector forward.
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