Zero harm is an illusion pursued in loads of industries- pretty much meaningless and very much an intellectual cul-de-sac - I wish healthcare wouldn’t always rehearse debates in Safety Science and elsewhere which have long since had their day

It is notable that in their submissions to the Levelling UP commons select committee, Housing Associations didn’t really see any problems with shared ownership. The select committee didn’t agree.

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Homes England, Michael Gove’s housing crisis solution is “dysfunctional”, “sick”, has kept councils waiting for yrs, frustrated builders who ended up walking away, and had to return £2bn in unspent housing cash. i newspaper Keith Cooper exclusive inews.co.uk/news/homes-eng…

The agency tasked with “supercharging” regeneration - Homes England - missed all its housing targets in the past 2 yrs and has handed back £1.9 billion of housing cash to the Treasury after failing to spend it.
inews.co.uk/news/homes-eng…

The piece includes comment from SHAC on how…

Homes England, the quango supposed to be tackling the housing crisis for Michael Gove , is a consultants’ “gravy train”, dogged by a “horrifying lack of focus” verging on “immoral”, say ex senior insiders. i newspaper investigation by Keith Cooper inews.co.uk/news/homes-eng…

🏠 Homes England, the quango supposed to be tackling the housing crisis, has become a consultants’ “gravy train”, dogged by secrecy and a “horrifying lack of focus” verging on the “immoral”, say former senior insiders

🔎 Big Read by Keith Cooper

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If a tenant is late with their rent they get threatening legal letters. Then the same tenant, that has unaddressed and longstanding issues with damp and mould, is forced to pay it, then their landlord uses their rent to pay a fine to Housing Ombudsman for not doing those repairs.

Check that: The name has been changed again. Now it’s the Senior Executive Team.

Scoop from Dezeen: it's just five years since the Stirling Prize-winning council homes at Goldsmith Street in Norwich were built, but already several are set to be sold off under the Right to Buy.

dezeen.com/2024/03/07/gol…

NEW: The govt has published a breakdown of the number of children in temporary accommodation.

Of the 142,000 homeless children, almost 20,000 are babies.

We reported yesterday that since 2019, 55 children have died in TA. 42 were under 1. They are the most vulnerable group.

More children have died while in temporary accommodation than previously known about. Keith Cooper examines the disturbing details
hqnetwork.co.uk/news/opinion-a… #ukhousing

55 child deaths linked to their housing conditions and the Government’s response? New guidelines. It’s a woefully inadequate response: hqnetwork.co.uk/news/opinion-a… <- my take on these latest awful statistics. Shared Health Foundation Justlife

Exclusive: 55 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in the last 4 years.

Data from National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), taken from official reviews of over 10,000 child deaths, shows 42 were babies under 1.

The govt says the findings are 'completely shocking' itv.com/news/2024-03-0…

CAMPAIGN WIN: The government has updated the Homelessness Code of Guidance to include cots for children under 2 in temporary accommodation. Thank you to everyone who signed our petition.

gov.uk/guidance/homel…

A statement from our chair Siobhain McDonagh MP:

WE DID IT! Today the government changed the Homelessness Code of Guidance to include cots in temporary accommodation.

This is a significant win for our movement to make stays in temporary accommodation short, safe & healthy, and shows that people power works!