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HACT recruits new Director of Innovation and Business Development

19/04/2013

HACT, the housing sector think/do tank today announced the appointment of Jim Vine as its new Director of Innovation and Business Development.

Communities encouraged to embrace self build

03/04/2013

Inside Housing confirms that funding to support community-led development is being extended to groups planning self-build projects.

HACT March Newsletter now available

18/03/2013

This month's edition details the launch of our new Community Investment Framework document and associated masterclasses, new updates to the increasing popular Community Insight data and mapping tool and the first detailing of the work going forward from our cutting-edge social impact research report by LSE Senior Economist Daniel Fujiwara.

Fund manager seeks measure for social value

14/02/2013

Inside Housing's Carl Brown reports from the HACT 'Social Impact of Housing Providers' report launch event held on Monday 11 February 2013.

HACT February Newsletter now available

12/02/2013

In this edition, the month's activities include launching Population Insight and our new report on social impact measurement. We are also looking for housing providers interested in joining discussion groups on social value and charitable funding options.

HACT launches free tool 'Population Insight' for housing sector

07/02/2013

The new data tool gives housing providers free access to Census 2011 data on changing demographics in their neighbourhoods.

What did the census feeding frenzy tell us about housing?

03/01/2013

Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion's Director Tom Smith says that the Census reveals that up to half a million people in social housing do not know their landlord is a housing association.