In this episode, we discuss Britain’s housing crisis. We cover the economic factors at play, affordability, supply, and demand imbalances, rising rents, a lack of social housing and disrepair across all tenures.

Host Alison Dunn is joined by Mark Henderson, Chief Executive of Home Group, Satty Rai, Member Engagement Manager at Northern Housing Consortium and Andrew Burnip, Director of Skylight Services at Crisis

Mark Henderson is Chief Executive of Home Group, with over 120,000 customers across 55,000 properties in England and Scotland. Home Group is also one of the largest housing developers in the UK. Mark is currently a Board Member for Homes England and a trustee of Whiteley Homes Trust. He was also a former Board Member of the National Housing Federation and former Chair of Homes for the North.

Satty Rai is the Member Engagement Manager at Northern Housing Consortium. She delivers a suite of member engagement services to housing associations and local authorities across the three northern government regions, sharing best practice across housing policy areas and celebrating the great work of the sector. Satty works closely with and developing key relationships across key Government departments, other public, private and voluntary sector partners, to amplify the voice of housing in the North.

Andrew Burnip has worked in homelessness for over 29 years. In June 2015, Andrew joined Crisis, the national homelessness charity, as Director of Skylight Services in Newcastle transforming the building and the service locally and nationally. Andrew is currently the Interim Director of Operations at Crisis, covering Scotland, North & Central England.

Connect:

Alison Dunn

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisondunncag/

Mark Henderson

Website: https://www.homegroup.org.uk/find-a-home

Email: [email protected]

Satty Rai

Website: https://www.northern-consortium.org.uk/

Twitter: @NHC

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satty-rosie-rai-38107973/

Andrew Burnip

Website: https://www.crisis.org.uk/

Email: [email protected]

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It is arguable that the North of England is, or at least has been, the engine of the country, with a rich history of invention, innovation, and creativity. Yet despite this pivotal role, the fortunes of northerners have never been further apart from their better off counterparts in the south.

How do we define and characterise the process of de-industrialisation in Northern England? What are its key historical and economic drivers, and importantly where’s all the money gone? What can our industrial heritage look like for future generations?

In this episode, host Alison Dunn is joined by Liz Mayes, Jo Curry and Rob Charlton.

Liz Mayes joined The Mining Institute to lead the £7.1m National Lottery Heritage Fund Bid and resulting restoration works. She became Chief Executive of The Common Room in March 2019. Liz is also a trustee of Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust.

Former solicitor Jo Curry runs the Sir James Knott Trust which enables grants across the North East, is Vice Chair of Virgin Money Foundation and previously worked for VONNE, Changing Lives and Citizens Advice.

Rob Charlton is a highly accomplished CEO with over 25 years of experience in the built environment sector. Also, a chartered architect; Rob believes in the transformative power of design to create places that have a meaningful and lasting impact on people's lives.

Connect:

Alison Dunn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisondunncag/

Liz Mayes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-mayes-00b7a926/

Jo Curry: https://www.knott-trust.co.uk/

Rob Charlton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcharlton1969/

This podcast was produced by Moja.

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This Is The North is the podcast exploring how the gap between the rich and the poor, the North and the South is greater than ever before.

Here. host Alison Dunn, charity Chief Executive and dedicated social justice advocate, introduces the podcast and shows how we'll discuss why the poverty gap matters and what we can do about it.

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Connect with Alison: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisondunncag/

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