Speaking personally, it's always nice to see some good old human dissent taking place against the backdrop of housing's carefully curated corporate space. #ukhousing

One from the day job... The launch of a Good Landlord Charter at the Housing 2025 event yesterday saw Greater Manchester present its ‘blueprint’ for radically improving renting nationwide. housingdigital.co.uk/greater-manche… #ukhousing

Social housing is making a dramatic comeback after years sidelined in the cold, with the government pledging at least 45,000 a year, alongside measures to drastically improve existing homes. housingdigital.co.uk/rayner-promise… #ukhousing

"[I]nstitutional investors aren’t really into producing housing. It is directly against their interests to significantly increase supply." theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #ukhousing

Social Housing Don’t you mean some of the poorest in society will generate £6bn through above inflation rent increases?

One from the day job... Housing Digital speaks to Dr Anna Pagani, lead author of a research paper that makes a startling suggestion for tackling the housing crisis – stop building new homes. housingdigital.co.uk/maybe-its-time… #ukhousing #socialhousing

It turns out that a Tudor-era manuscript remains a compelling argument for the benefits of locally produced cheeses; it's a fascinating insight into an unsung chapter of England's food heritage, too markcantrellauthor.substack.com/p/this-book-is… #heritagefoods #books #history #food

Having spent so long reporting on Grenfell, and the devastation the loss of 72 lives has left in its wake, it sometimes just floors me that more lives have been lost than that on average every single day in Gaza for more than 600 days

The NUJ has noted increasing concern among members over reporting of Palestine Action. The union affirms journalists’ right to report and the public's right to be informed. nuj.org.uk/resource/right…

God's own county 💙 Happy Yorkshire Day!

An avid reader of science fiction he may be, but when it comes to being a writer, Mark Cantrell is not so sure he's earned his place among the genre's stargazers... markcantrellauthor.substack.com/p/that-sounds-… #scifi #writing #essays #author

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The day when social landlords are procuring the services of AI-powered robotic construction partners may arrive sooner than we think, if these pioneering start-ups can prove the technology. housingdigital.co.uk/the-house-that… #ukhousing #robots #technology

The NUJ has deplored the deliberate killing of Al-Jazeera journalists. Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said: "This is a horrific attack. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the murdered journalists and their colleagues." [1/3] nuj.org.uk/resource/pales…

Israel murders journalists (yet again) and we are still somehow supposed to swallow the lie that it is simply defending itself. Against what? The truth that it's a genocidal terror state? theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

Over 35 years, we have dug ourselves into a pit. If we want a functional housing market, we need a strategy that ends reliance on side hustlers to meet complex housing needs and treats homes as places to live, not investment assets to replace a pension theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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And within all this, they want to build massive datacentres... theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…

The courage, integrity and dedication of Gaza's journalists in the face of Israel's fury is both humbling and awe-inspiring. Journalism is not a crime, nor is it terrorism. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…