Economic Development
Power to the people: evidencing true social value
Only by talking and listening to those whose lives they are hoping to change can housing organisations understand the ‘true’ social value of their work, say Jenny Rouse and Matt Bowen
In the current economic environment, housing associations are making difficult decisions on how to spend limited resources in communities decimated by public spending cuts and rising inequalities.
Q & A with Tony Stacey: Forging an alternative narrative about social housing
Since setting up in 2008, Placeshapers has become a network of more than 100 housing associations driven by the desire to forge an alternative narrative about the role social landlords can play in their localities. Chair Tony Stacey, chief executive of South Yorkshire Housing Association, talks to New Start about why we’re sleepwalking into a housing crisis
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