Yesterday’s Leader in the Sunday Times highlights the acute housing crisis in the countryside with the southwest host to more than a quarter of England’s second homes. Part of the solution to England’s rural housing crisis is to build more social homes🏡 thetimes.co.uk/article/we-can…

We must make sure families on low incomes have enough money to live on. We urge gov not to cut £20 a week from #UniversalCredit and #keepthelifeline Read our new report on social tenants experiences on Universal Credit: ow.ly/BxmH50FK9Tx

Good thread from my colleague @RebekahRyder on the experiences of people living in social housing who receive universal credit 👇

If people are struggling to afford food, they certainly won't be able to afford to replace a broken cooker or a child's bed. We must #KeeptheUplift and stop the cut to Universal Credit.

We've got a vacancy for a PR Officer to join our team in London or Bristol. The salary is £34,057 and deadline for applications is 20th September 👉 ow.ly/rfK550FZlFG #jobs #recruitment

It is kind of mad that today saw opening statements of a crucial phase in a once-in-a-generation public inquiry into one of our worst ever disasters and hardly any media outlets have covered it...

The NHF and 18 leading organisations from across the housing sector have written to Michael Gove outlining our serious concerns with proposed reforms to how affordable housing is delivered. Great piece by Jim Pickard 🐋 explaining the risks of these reforms ft.com/content/dd7a82…

We’ve launched the Better Social Housing Review action plan today. The plan shows the sector’s commitment to making improvements where they are needed. It builds on the great work housing associations are already doing to improve their homes and services.

Today our YouGov polling shows UK voters from all parties, ages & locations agree we need more #SocialHousing & it should be prioritised over other homes We’ve launched a report making the case to all political parties for a long-term plan for housing. housing.org.uk/long-term-plan

Our new report explains why we are in critical need of a long-term plan for housing. 4.2 million people in England are in need of #SocialHousing. Building these homes will not only help those in need but can help solve the housing crisis at all levels. housing.org.uk/long-term-plan

"46,318 more households in our countryside were waiting for #SocialHousing in 2022 compared with 2019. Only 5,953 new homes for social rent, in rural areas, were built during this time. Local people are running out of housing options" #RuralHousingWeek housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs…

Blimey... Foxtons had 97,000 tenants chasing after just 2,000 available properties in April Also astonishing: A third of the UK's 5.5m private rental homes spend half their take-home pay on rent #HousingCrisis ft.com/content/c16305…

"Given the need for 4.2 million people in need of #SocialHousing, we need to have a much more ambitious plan. We need a long-term plan that looks at ending children and families stuck in temporary accommodation and overcrowded homes." Kate Henderson on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning.

This is Oxford Street! Such a shocking report by Michael Buchanan This is appalling. Clearly we need more government support for homelessness services,but in the end homeless people need homes. The problem is bigger than rough sleeping & can only be fixed by building #socialhousing

Good to see housing becoming one of the key battlegrounds ahead of the election. Headlines likes these are definitely welcome: “Labour would oversee ‘biggest boost in affordable housing in a generation’” Look forward to hearing more detail at #LPC23 theguardian.com/society/2023/o…

More housing news from the Labour Party Conference today. Keir Starmer has told The Times and The Sunday Times that Labour are looking at building new towns and here are three reasons why I think this is a good idea. #Lab23 Matthew Pennycook MP National Housing Federation #ukhousing 🧵 1/4 thetimes.co.uk/article/well-b…

The latest affordable housing & homelessness @luhc figures show that: 👉 For every new social home built in England last year, six households were accepted as homeless by their local council. 👉 52,800 households were accepted as homeless last year, 145 households every day.

"It’s clear that housing associations are committed to proactively improving the quality of homes & services where they can. Lasting change will require collaborating with – and funding from – central govt as part of a housing strategy & regen plan.” 👉 housing.org.uk/resources/a-ye…