News editor @insidehousing - focus on building safety. Contact: stephen.delahunty@oceanmedia.co.uk
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Jun 12
My look back at the week: Will the government wake up to the fact that ‘so-called affordable housing’ is beyond many people’s reach? insidehousing.co.uk/insight/…
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Jun 12
Important interview in @insidehousing today
Jun 12
Safe to say that Grenfell survivor Ed Daffarn is not overwhelmingly impressed with the current housing secretary:
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Jun 12
Safe to say that Grenfell survivor Ed Daffarn is not overwhelmingly impressed with the current housing secretary:
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Jun 10
Lease-based provider that took regulator to court receives compliant governance and viability gradings dlvr.it/TSywpq #ukhousing
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Jun 10
Minister calls for ‘accountability’ for councils failing temporary accommodation standards dlvr.it/TSywFW #ukhousing
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May 25
Wouldn’t it be good if we had a politics that takes climate change — and adaptation — seriously on days like this?
Britain’s infrastructure, urban environments, and housing stock is completely unready for climate change.
Unfortunately adaptation is woke nonsense, etc.
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Labour: “We will form local administrations with Tories, Reform, LibDems, but working with Greens is formally banned!”
Also Labour: “Why oh why won’t our fellow progressives, the Greens, force their voters to vote for us?”
May 25
Back in 2017 when I stood for reelection with majority of just 274 @EalingGreens chose not to contest Ealing central and Acton at the General Election to stop Conservatives winning
The Green Party should do the same again in Makerfield to prevent Reform
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May 20
Govt ministers and officials have been advised not to meet with, or attend conferences sponsored by, seven companies criticised, in the Grenfell report (or any of their former executives, or individuals directly criticised):
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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May 22
Fiona Garrett lost her son, Joshua, aged 23 when a railing on a balcony in a housing association property gave way earlier this year.
She's pushing for a duty of candour and mandatory inspections for safety barriers. She has a petition here:
change.org/p/improve-safety-…
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May 21
Leaseholders pay for ‘years of underfunding’ in UK’s ageing housing stock ft.trib.al/eQYBl6L
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May 22
MPs say government must do more on new build home quality dlvr.it/TSgBSM #ukhousing
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May 21
Excellent from Daniela Gabor. One of the dangers of everything being tied to the market is that any notion of the common good is thrown by the wayside. This needs to change, otherwise the country’s decline will only get worse
May 21
I've written about how @AndyBurnhamGM or @ZackPolanski can stop worrying about bond vigilantes' veto on big, transformative ambitions.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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May 19
Update from today on the police investigation into Grenfell. Trial now not expected until 2029 insidehousing.co.uk/news/cha…
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May 19
Latest by me on how building safety crisis is effecting group of leaseholders in London insidehousing.co.uk/news/lon…
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The discourse online about Social Housing over the last few days has highlighted the hugely misinformed and quite frankly rotten attitudes and stigma towards those living in social and in need of social housing.
A stigma highlighted throughout the Grenfell enquiry.
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May 18
New report calls on government to commit extra £100bn to SAHP for social rent homes dlvr.it/TSbjtm #ukhousing
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May 18
Social housing in London has taken a lot of heat on twitter this weekend.
Are social renters disproportionately economically inactive people? (Who should be moved / encouraged out of the capital to make way for productive young professionals?)
Wanted to look into the numbers ⬇️
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May 14
Inside Housing journalist wins BSME Talent Award dlvr.it/TSXwnG #ukhousing
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🚨 NEW!
Our report out today concludes rent controls can ease the pressure on renters, without jeopardising the private rented sector. A rent control could:
- Make renters nearly £1200 a year better off by 2030
- Reduce the housing benefit bill by £600m
Here's how 👇
ALT Cover slide for JRF's 'Ending the rent squeeze' programme of work, with an image of some flats over an oatmeal and pink background with a JRF logo in the bottom left corner
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May 12
Meanwhile...newly elected Green mayors in London are demanding rent controls in the King's Speech tomorrow after running on a platform of rent control in Hackney and Lewisham respectively ...
May 12
Our mayoral, council and Senedd campaigns were rooted in fighting to end the housing affordability crisis, and voters have spoken. We need action to end rip-off rents now.
So newly elected Green Mayors @ZoeGarbett and @LiamShrivastava alongside Carla Denyer MP have written to the government to demand a Rent Controls Bill in the King’s Speech tomorrow.
ALT A letter to Steve Reed secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government from Carla Denyer MP, Zoe Garbett Mayor of Hackney and Liam Shrivastava Mayor of Lewisham demanding a rent controls bill in the King's Speech tomorrow
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