What is social housing? To know where you are going you need to understand where you have come from. Originating as a tangible expression of the charitable instincts of powerful and wealthy individuals, the sector was transformed into a key pillar of the welfare state. Finding expression through a huge range of delivery models, social housing provides homes to millions of people and underpins thousands of communities and neighbourhoods.

Course content: This Social housing: Who do we think we are? Online training course focuses on:

Housing for the poor, heroes and heroines

Housing conditions and housing available

The timeline of changes and key stages

Current drivers for further change

The impact of the Decent Homes standard

Current structures in social housing.