Entries by David Hetherington
Housing White Paper Consultation: Response of the Northern Housing Consortium
Introduction The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) is a membership body representing registered housing providers and local government across the North of England (North East, Yorkshire and Humber and North West). We welcome the opportunity to engage with government to support the development of effective housing strategy that works for all localities across England. In shaping […]
Charlotte Harrison
Charlotte Harrison is an experienced housing professional having worked in the sector for more than 20 years. Most recently Charlotte led the NHC’s Policy and Public Affairs service. During her time at the NHC Charlotte was responsible for a series of well regarded publications, briefings and research projects and for parliamentary engagement. Her areas of expertise […]
Charlotte Carpenter
Following a PhD in Medieval history, Charlotte began her career in the Civil Service before working as Head of Policy and Research at the Regional Development Agency One NorthEast. She then became interim Director of The Northern Way. Since then, Charlotte has specialised in the field of housing, where from 2009-2016 she worked as Director of Strategy, […]
Pete Bailey
Pete is a freelance consultant specialising in housing strategy. He has been working as an Associate of the Northern Housing Consortium for more than three years and has been the main author of the Report of the Commission for Housing in the North. Pete established the consultancy after leaving the Homes & Communities Agency where he […]
Estimates of the number of households in scope for the new benefit cap in 2016/17
The Welfare Reform and Work Bill incorporates a number of policy changes designed to improve work incentives. One of the measures included is that from 2016/17, total household benefit payments for working-age claimants will be capped at new levels, so that workless households will no longer be entitled to receive more than £20,000 in benefit […]