So excited about what happens next! @paulabarkermp.bsky.social was a fantastic Chair for the Roundtable & attendance was standing room only. A big thank you to everyone - the quality of discussion focussing on the solutions to the issues was inspiring. Watch this space - actions to follow!
Great to speak @capitallettersldn.bsky.social event on empty homes and talk about the need for a new SI and guidance to reform the EDMO system, something I’ve been calling for over a number of years
Looking forward to the conversation & commitment to action!
So here I am on @bsky.app Still a newbie but planning to use it like Twitter (sorry ... can't call it X) to shine a light on the #housing & #homelessness crisis & highlight possible solutions (beware reader - there is no silver bullet!).
Looking forward to engaging in the conversation.
I think this is an interesting and important video on British housing history and the current crisis. It features contributions from myself and Charlie Trew of Shelter ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpL...
The plaque reads 'District Nurse 1929'. It's on a small detached council house in Puttenham, Surrey, built by Guildford Rural District Council in that year. It's a great example of how local councils met the varied needs of their communities in what we would now call a 'joined-up' way.
This is a great article from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social (not just because it mentions me): a proper corrective to the dewy-eyed romanticism around slum living and unfair criticisms of modernist council housing.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/would-you-ha...
2/ He saw council housing as serving general needs and famously aspired to it re-creating the 'living tapestry of a mixed community'. The Moorlands Estate in Bath, which he officially opened in February 1948, came close to his ideal.
1/ Aneurin Bevan, born on this day in 1897. As Labour's Minister of Health and Housing, 1945-51, he built 805,000 council houses whilst insisting on high standards: homes were one-third bigger than the pre-war average, a three-bed home had two inside toilets.
