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MPs of all parties must now do #WhateverItTakes to give everybody the financial security to survive this crisis
@CrispinBlunt will you please support the cross-party Early Day Motion in support of an emergency Universal Basic Income?
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-…
Researchers have found that the average person using some form of government housing aid is likely to face tougher odds of getting a job near their neighborhood than the average job seeker who is not using assistance. trib.al/h7dmscz
Spending on infrastructure? We need to look at where the money goes. How many worker owned businesses, or coops, or small businesses or community business or social enterprises will get those construction contracts? End of austerity? For some.
For the last six months I've been working on the most difficult project of my life. I can now tell you about it.
On Tuesday 28th January, BBC One will broadcast "Young, Sikh and Proud", a film on British Sikhs told through the life of my late brother
barficulture.tv/media/563
Great piece by Neal Scott and Michelle Fava of the @CJBSsocinnov exploring the history of #BAME housing organisations. Thanks for citing our various research reports on this topic - bmenational.files.wordpress.…
Published 3 years ago, here's the HCI Manifesto, which recommends 12 indicators, incl. greater equality; more affordable lives; a more localised & co-operative economy; better public health; embedded sustainability; neighbourliness/kindliness; devolution. humancityinstitute.files.wor…
Let's not be complacent. This excellent blog explains why housing associations like us within @BMENat_tweets were set up and why our role in communities remains ever-important today
During #Coproduction Week, we start the first of two co-production workshops as part of an exciting new evaluation - details coming soon! Read some of our research & evaluations involving co-production in project delivery here: bit.ly/2YHyCtj and bit.ly/2JXOTq0
Affordable Rent new lettings meet the same range of needs as Social Rent but AR marginally more likely to be economically active and to have higher average incomes. Even so, AR rents less affordable (at 41% of average income) than SR (at 35%). #ukhousinghumancityinstitute.files.wor…
Social landlord new lettings fell off a cliff after 2012/13 as austerity began to bite post-CSR 2010. In the years following, there were 244k fewer lettings than there would have been without social housing budget cuts. #UKHousing#CIHHousing2019humancityinstitute.files.wor…