How many of us were #MadeInSocialHousing ?

Shelter's new campaign is a celebration of social housing with the aim to shift perceptions to the positive outcomes that good social housing can achieve. Read more 👇

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Help build better lives. End the housing emergency. Build social housing.

Two stories from NHF over the weekend.

Lab and Cons want to see 300,000 new homes a year.

Our research with Savills predicts we’ll be down to 160,000 next year.

How to get numbers up? The next government needs a major social housing programme.

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For 18 months I’ve dug into how Russia has effectively vanished 100s of Ukrainians with disabilities into occupied territory or Russia itself. Those who escaped told me most are held incommunicado in squalid conditions& forced to take Russian passports 🧵independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

Massive stuff here - now time for gov, Michael Gove and Homes England to help councils get on using these powers to get land for social homes. A big and critical piece of the puzzle to get more social housing built. #housing

This is not something to be proud of. We can and must do better. Time to END homelessness.

New gov stats out today show yet another rise in temporary accommodation with a record number of children growing up homeless: 145,800. That's an additional 3k homeless children in the last three months📈

The solution is clear: we urgently need more social rented homes🏡

Today's gov figures show there are now 145,800 children living in temporary accommodation (as of Dec)

We tried to highlight the stories of some of those children on our pod this weekend - do listen if you haven't

Really important The News Agents piece on children growing up homeless. Too many lives are being ruined by the lack of social housing. Well worth a listen!

Charlie Trew, Shelter, 'The current bill in parliament is not as good as the existing system' #C4News Charlie Trew

'This is a once in a generational opportunity to get it right. The last time housing legislation was changed was 35 years ago'

'We have one chance to

We've been watching the Birmingham Live Mayoral Hustings event this afternoon.
Karen from Birmingham Fair Housing Campaign asked a great question about Birmingham's Housing Emergency and the need for social housing - here's how the candidates responded when asked how many houses they would build:

Interesting and sensible approach - need to make sure the local housing need assessment determines how much social rent is needed in the area to end homelessness / need for temporary accommodation and clear social housing waitlists. There's a clear value if used for social homes.

📢 NEW RESEARCH 📢 Unwanted moves cost renters more than half a billion pounds a year - with renters losing an average of £669 per move.

Find out about our sobering study: cutt.ly/tw5sdwgr

Great to see Sadiq Khan committing to act to end #RoughSleeping .

The next government must tackle the long-term causes of #homelessness by building social housing so everyone can have a safe and secure home.

How to end the #HousingEmergency : shltr.org.uk/mfg1q

We've joined 36 other organisations urging James Cleverly🇬🇧 to rethink proposals in the #CriminalJusticeBill that would fine and imprison people simply because they're forced to sleep rough. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

To all those celebrating, we are wishing you a blessed Eid Mubarak✨

HUMANS! See me IRL! I'm excited to announce I'm doing a full live show next Weds 17 April, 8.30pm Camden Comedy Club in, er, Camden, celebrating my unbeatable manifesto that will #MakeEarthGreatAgain . Every penny I raise from tickets goes to Shelter. Come! link.dice.fm/I062bfc93064

'Rents are not natural forces. They cannot swell or spike on their own. If they rise, it’s because landlords and lettings agents have put them up.' 🎯👇

How does housing measure up?

Private renting is the most espensive tenure type.

The average private renter paid just over 💸£11💸 per square metre in 2020-21.

The average mortgagor was paying 🪙£3.10🪙.

Get our latest research on rising rents here ⤵️ resolutionfoundation.org/publications/t…

Private renting has become more common over time, boosted by lower homeownership and a scarcity of social housing.

🚨 NEW RF analysis from Cara Pacitti published today ⬇️ resolutionfoundation.org/publications/t…