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CEO of North Herts Homes takes over as HACT Chair as Tom Murtha steps down to focus on campaigning for social housing
12/11/2015Gavin Cansfield, CEO of North Hertfordshire Homes, was confirmed today as Chair of housing innovation agency HACT, replacing former Midland Heart CEO Tom Murtha, who has stood down after five years in post.
New toolkit promises to revolutionise future management of community centres
23/09/2015Affinity Sutton has developed an innovative approach to maximise the potential of its community centres. Its Community Asset Transfer strategy is helping Affinity Sutton build the capacity of local organisations to drive forward thriving and sustainable centres - creating significant benefits for the local residents which they serve.
New impact values of homelessness on wellbeing released
23/09/2015New values launched this week by HACT and Simetrica demonstrate the human cost of homelessness, placing monetary values on the massive uplift in wellbeing and happiness created when moving people from street homelessness into secure housing.
Partners launch 2015/16 Action Plan for more integrated working between housing and health
28/08/2015The 2015/16 Action Plan establishes a set of commitments across the sectors to build an integrated agenda to improve health through the home.
Community Insight launching in Scotland!
12/08/2015Our popular GIS-powered software is launching on 13 August!
Report values landlords' health outcomes for tenants
10/06/2015An innovative project coordinated by HACT aims to put monetary values on the health benefits to tenants of housing association work has released its first findings.
HACT and the SROI release joint linkages paper
11/02/2015The SROI Network (soon to be Social Value UK) and HACT are very pleased to publish a ‘linkages paper’ that sets out the relationship between Social Return on Investment (SROI) and HACT’s Social Value Bank (and accompanying tools the Value Calculator and Value Insight).
HACT seeks information on evaluation methods
28/01/2015We are requesting for housing providers to send us relevant information that will help us to ensure that the outputs of this new project better reflect the needs of your organisation and the housing sector as a whole.
Leading housing and health groups agree on action plan
09/12/2014Government departments, charities and learning networks have agreed on an action plan for improving housing and health in 2014/15.
Further £52m needed by Community Housing Organisations to Tackle Empty Homes Crisis
01/12/2014It’s Empty Homes Week and Community Housing Organisations around England are calling for a further £52m from the new Government, over the next three years, to bring more empty properties back into use.