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The Inside Housing Management Podcast is your on-the-go show covering the biggest stories and issues affecting workers at the forefront of social housing. In this episode, we discuss chief executive salaries and the incoming Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing
In this episode of the Inside Housing Management Podcast, Anna Highfield, editor of Inside Housing Management, and Katharine Swindells, deputy features editor at Inside Housing, discuss the key findings from Inside Housing’s Chief Executive Salary Survey 2025, the introduction of Awaab’s Law, and details of the incoming Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing.
We also hear from Sarah Lamont, a specialist employment lawyer at law firm Bevan Brittan, about landlords’ main concerns regarding the Competence and Conduct Standard, and what providers can start doing to prepare for the regulations now.
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