Predictions for the year ahead? How about predictions for 30 years' time? - Matthew Morgan @qualityoflifeuk & Key Cities are identifying the greatest challenges our future #cities face & finding ways to embed solutions into existing processes today. 👉🏽themj.co.uk/Playing-a-heal…

Hang on in there!

This is the most wonderful footage of the mighty Al Green and I just had to share it with you all. Can’t stop watching it.

At @qualityoflifeuk we work with communities, the housing industry and local government to improve people's health and wellbeing, but sometimes @luhc and those in charge (Michael Gove) need to do their bit, too. This is one such moment.

Happy days

🤦‍♂️ theguardian.com/environment/20…

I’ve got a new personal blog up. On how things with lots of different benefits - like planting trees or insulating homes - often don’t happen. I’m calling it the *multi-benefit problem*, and I think solving it more often would make our lives better acjsissons.medium.com/solving-the-mu…

“…it is easier to tackle multi-benefit problems at a local level…. You always need some kind of siloes in government, but sometimes a place can be the thing you organise around, rather than an objective.” 👌

Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. Our new research shows that 84% of social housing high rises still don't have sprinklers and 88% don't have block-wide fire alarms. What happened to 'never again'? insidehousing.co.uk/home/home/vast…

A fine Westminter solstice with Kate Jopling, Noreena Hertz and @ExpressOGrady on the 5th anniversary (👏) of Campaign to End Loneliness, where housing and the built environment is a “big ticket”, and at The Fabian Society with Andrew Western, where housing is facing a “supply crisis”. 🏡🏡🏡

A fine Westminter solstice with Kate Jopling, @NoreenaHertz and @ExpressOGrady on the 5th anniversary (👏) of Campaign to End Loneliness, where housing and the built environment is a “big ticket”, and at The Fabian Society with @AndyHWestern, where housing is facing a “supply crisis”. 🏡🏡🏡

In all the years of covering rough sleeping, I’ve never seen anything like I saw last week. #homeless ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩

What happens to housing affordability when new homes are built in the local area? Recent economic papers have tried to answer this question, and a new Greater London Authority report summarises their findings data.london.gov.uk/housing/resear… Here's a thread to summarise the summary:

Delighted to be at the Health Equity Network National Conference. City of Birmingham CEO and Ex-@qualityoflifeuk trustee Deborah Cadman is kicking off, with Sir Michael Marmot to follow. Just beginning a new project with UCL Institute of Health Equity, so plenty more to come…

“Rise up with me against the organisation of misery.” Let’s have intergenerational equity, action on social determinants and a rediscovery of the common good.

drew a one mile circle around each of the green belt stations just to take a closer look at existing built-up-ness so here they all are at 2fps

Coming into land at @TheUKAA’s extra terrestrial annual conference. Looking forward to speaking with Sigma Capital Group Limited Get Living and Compass Rock International.

We published a code of practice for community engagement and I wrote about it in Estates Gazette… yes, folks, it’s good to talk!

Excellent thread on the deplorable homelessness crisis in the UK. The solutions? More homes, more social homes specifically, and a new social contract. Deregulation and supply-side reform are not a panacea - the market will not fix this.