Waypoint

Waypoint is a space to understand what's changing, define what matters and shape what we do next.

The world around housing is shifting fast. Rising costs, growing inequality, pressure on local services, the challenges we're working through don't sit neatly inside one sector, and neither can the solutions.

Waypoint is where we step back to think about that.

Latest Blog Posts

29/09/2026

Why have a meeting when you can have a party?

That was the question behind Party with the Park in Priors Park, Tewkesbury. The answer turned out to be 500 people, enjoying free food for kids, a tea dance, an afternoon tea, live acoustic sets, and a park full of local clubs and groups showing off what they offer to the community.

18/09/2026

NATO Article 3: What community resilience means for peace and why we should pay attention

Article 5, the famous promise. Until recently I knew a bit about NATO Article 5, but had never heard of Article 3. Thanks to Dave Snowden I now know more. And it’s important because Article 3 might be the bit that needs us (local communities) the most. Civil Preparedness and National Resilience. Article 5 is the famous promise: an attack on one is an attack on all. Article 3 is quieter...

03/09/2026

Community connection isn’t an optional extra

You’ll sometimes hear people say place doesn’t matter. Usually, that comes from a position of privilege where income or social standing allows someone to simply buy the help or safety they need in a crisis. If they live in a neighbourhood that starts to decline they can simply move. However, place does matter.

19/08/2026

Place isn't a new idea: So why are we talking about it so much?

If you spend enough time working around government, housing, regeneration and public services, you start to notice that certain words come in and out of fashion. Partnership. Community. Levelling up. Growth. Resilience. And in recent years, perhaps more than any other, place.

05/08/2026

Everything is changing: The developing landscape of housing needs

"Housing associations, as currently configured, are not equipped for the role that the moment demands of them. Not because their leaders are not capable, but because the sector’s business model, governance conventions, regulatory constraints and measurement habits were designed for a very different operating environment." A guest post from Jas Bains and Matt Leach

03/08/2026

Thinking in decades, not cycles: Why social housing must escape the short‑term planning trap

Social housing has always operated inside a dense web of short‑term cycles that shape priorities, behaviour and decision‑making. Mark Willis writes about how we've always operated in a dense web of...