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Tackling homelessness by improving leadership

How can we tackle homelessness by improving leadership? Housing consultant Kevin Rothero, who co-ordinates the London Customer Employment Partnership and is a trainer on CIH’s leading places of change programme, shares his thoughts.

Speaker’s hub: How to improve financial inclusion as welfare reform kicks in
How will welfare reform affect the way…
CIH launches new online learning service
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is to launch a new and improved…

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Bedroom Tax blog - heads in the sand?

As one of the first witnesses to the Bedroom Tax Inquiry being held by the UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee last week, David Bookbinder, CIH Scotland's head of policy and public affairs, finds some MPs failing to grasp the full extent and impact of the…

Bedroom tax is a cut not a reform, CIH Scotland tells UK Parliament
The bedroom tax should not be thought of as a…
Tenancy reforms welcome but MSPs left out on initial tenancies, says CIH Scotland
The long-expected tenancy and…

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Former CIH president raises more than £20,000 for charity

Former Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) President Robin Lawler has raised more than £20,000 for charity. A cheque for £23,788.98 has been handed over to the Foyer Federation, which works to transform the circumstances of young people who…

CIH members make the case for housing
CIH believes the government risks serious economic consequences if it fails to use…
Use spending round to boost house building
Government risks serious economic consequences unless its next spending round…

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'I left Belfast excited and reinvigorated'

When new CIH Vice President Steve Stride visited Northern Ireland, he was struck by the similarities with his own area of East London - and the potential for transformation.

An impending crisis?
Could we be facing a surge in repossessions when house prices and interest rates start to rise…
'The buzz in the room was truly energising'
CIH Northern Ireland (CIHNI) director Cecilia Keaveney reflects on the…

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An impending crisis?

Could we be facing a surge in repossessions when house prices and interest rates start to rise again? CIHNI director Cecilia Keaveney looks at the current picture in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.