Housing Matters

In the final episode of series two, Katie Teasdale talks to Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation about the result of the general election, what it means for the housing association sector and our plans for the new government's first 100 days. Kate also reflects on our campaign leading up to the election and what we need now from campaign supporters.

Katie welcomes a new co-host, Helen Greig, Project Director on Building Better in the Futures Team at the National Housing Federation.Two Great Places Commissioners, Helen Lennon, Chief Executive of Connect Housing and Dave Procter, Group Chair at Together Housing Group discuss what the housing sector needs to look at to make great places – what’s working well and what we need to do differently.Dave Power, Chief Executive, and Tom Basford, Strategic Lead for Place at One Manchester discuss what makes a place-based organisation.Finally, Katie discusses the Great Places Commission's final report and where regeneration sits in the political landscapeFind the Great Places final report here: https://greatplaces.housing.org.uk/about-great-places/great-places-final-report [https://greatplaces.housing.org.uk/about-great-places/great-places-final-report]

This episode features the full speech Shadow Housing Minister Sarah Jones MP delivered at the National Housing Summit yesterday, followed by insightful and clear political analysis from Jessica Levy, Public Affairs Manager at the National Housing Federation.

We hear from each of the teams about their ideas to change the world and from the Federation on what's next for Creating our Future. Links * ​For more information about Creating our Future see www.housing.org.uk/creatingourfuture [http://www.housing.org.uk/creatingourfuture] * For more information about Hacking Homelessness, see www.hackinghomelessness.co.uk [http://www.hackinghomelessness.co.uk/] * For more information about The Good Food Bag, see www.thegoodfoodbag.com [http://www.thegoodfoodbag.com/] * For more information about Transforming Tenure / Just One, see future.housing.org.uk/our-impact/just-one [http://future.housing.org.uk/our-impact/just-one] * For more information about Building Better, find them on Twitter @BuildingBetterX [https://twitter.com/BuildingBetterX] * For more information about Invisible Creations, see www.invisiblecreations.co.uk [http://www.invisiblecreations.co.uk/] Subscribe, rate and review us, and let us know what you think about using #HousingMatters.Contact uswebsite@housing.org.uk [https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=mailto:website@housing.org.uk]www.twitter.com/natfednews [http://www.twitter.com/natfednews]www.instagram.com/national.housing.federation [http://www.instagram.com/national.housing.federation]www.facebook.com/nationalhousingfederation [http://www.facebook.com/nationalhousingfederation] The Housing Matters team• Host: Katie Teasdale [https://twitter.com/natfedKatie]• Producer: James Grant [https://twitter.com/bristoljames]

In this episode, Katie Teasdale is joined by Sarah-Jane Gay who leads on a our homelessness work. Katie interviews John Glenton, Executive Director of Care and Support at Riverside, and Chair of our homelessness steering group, and Vandemar Baster about his experience of homelessness. To find out more about our homelessness steering group https://www.housing.org.uk/topics/homelessness/working-together-to-end-homelessness/ [https://www.housing.org.uk/topics/homelessness/working-together-to-end-homelessness/] Sarah-Jane interviews Tracey Lees, Chief Executive of Wandle Housing Association about Homes for Cathy. Find out more here https://homesforcathy.org.uk/ [https://homesforcathy.org.uk/]Sign up to show your organisation’s commitment to ending homelessness through our Commitment to Refer https://www.housing.org.uk/topics/homelessness/supporting-the-homelessness-reduction-act/commitment-to-refer/ [https://www.housing.org.uk/topics/homelessness/supporting-the-homelessness-reduction-act/commitment-to-refer/] You can find all the latest on our work on homelessness on our websitehttps://www.housing.org.uk/topics/homelessness/ [https://www.housing.org.uk/topics/homelessness/]