HQN Podcasts

Authentic engagement

In the latest HQN podcast, Jon Land talks to Lydia Stockdale, from Eastlight Community Homes, and Sara-Anne Mills-Bricknell, from the National Grid, about why authentic engagement with residents and the wider community is so important. We look at the housing context, why other sectors face a similar challenge and ask: "What does authentic engagement look like and how do you achieve it?".

Health and safety challenges for smaller social housing providers - and how to overcome them

Jon Land is joined by health and safety professional and housing association board member Nichola Harrison and Troy Henshall, Chief Executive of Amber Housing, to discuss the health and safety challenges faced by smaller social housing providers.

HQN investigates housing and resettlement issues for people leaving prison (part one)

In our latest podcast, Danielle Aumord investigates housing issues faced by people leaving prison. She meets someone who is embarking on a new life after spending 15 years behind bars to discuss the challenges they face and talks to staff from specialist rehabilitation charity Switchback.

Managing reputational risk and building back trust after a crisis

In our first Communications Hub podcast, Jon Land is joined by Jeni Harvey, Director of Communications and Marketing at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, and HQN associate Bobbie Hough to discuss managing reputational risk and building back trust after a crisis.

Housing and training refugees

In the latest HQN podcast, Jon Land talks to Nevinder Ram and Kateryna Verkhovska from ACH, a registered social landlord that provides supported housing and training to refugees arriving in the UK. Kateryna is a refugee from Ukraine who has benefited from the support ACH provides and now works for the organisation as a careers and enterprise officer.

What the spring statement means for social housing

In our latest podcast, Chloe Fletcher is joined by HQN associates Roger Jarman and Tim Brown to dissect the Chancellor's Spring statement and what it means for the social housing sector and residents.

A focus on hoarding

Jon Land talks to Kerri Harrison, a senior associate at Devonshires, to find out what housing professionals need to know about hoarding, from a legal, housing management and safety perspective.

Housing professionals and their lived experience of social housing

Chloe Fletcher talks to two of our Housing’s Next Generation group – Anne Bentley from Worthing Homes and Paige Sims from Eastlight Homes – about their experience of living in social housing and how it has influenced their careers.

Effective recruitment strategies

In the latest edition of the HQN recruitment trends podcast, in partnership with IRIS Recruitment, Jon Land talks to Rich Youngman about strategies for attracting the best talent to the social housing sector.

Refugees, housing and community integration

Jon Land talks to former asylum seeker Nico Ndlovu and academic researcher Miranda Keast about their work on housing and refugees, bringing a combination of lived and learned experience to what is regarded in some quarters as a controversial subject.