Katharine Swindells (@kathy_swinds) 's Twitter Profile
Katharine Swindells

@kathy_swinds

deputy features editor @insidehousing • also in @newstatesman @theipaper @guardian @bostonglobe @teenvogue • she/her • same username on other platforms

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"I was shooed away by a member of staff in the housing assessment office upstairs who looked irritated that I had knocked on the door" Brilliant investigation by Gráinne Cuffe into the treatment of people seeking in-person homelessness help

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It's absolutely bonkers how much more marginal Britain has become. With most results in, the average seat majority looks to be about 6,700, down from 11,200 in 2019. We have a Labour landslide, yet at the constituency level seats are tighter than any point since 1945 #GE24

It's absolutely bonkers how much more marginal Britain has become.

With most results in, the average seat majority looks to be about 6,700, down from 11,200 in 2019. 

We have a Labour landslide,  yet at the constituency level seats are tighter than any point since 1945  #GE24
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Greg Hands loses Chelsea and Fulham by a handful of votes. Tories completely wiped from Inner London for the first time since the 1870s.

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Am so so made up to have come second-place in the I Am Writing competition for my in-progress YA novel!! What a bloody week! Massive thanks to I Am In Print and Clare Wallace and congrats to all the winners!

Am so so made up to have come second-place in the I Am Writing competition for my in-progress YA novel!! What a bloody week!

Massive thanks to <a href="/IAmInPrint/">I Am In Print</a> and <a href="/LitAgentClare/">Clare Wallace</a> and congrats to all the winners!
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‘When your parent dies – and you are evicted in days’ It doesn’t get more morally wrong than losing a parent and immediately being made homeless, but surprising numbers of young people are affected. My second Guardian article is out now! 👇🏽 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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In East London, a group of tenants are pursuing a joint legal claim against their landlord for the damp, mould and disrepair in their 90-year-old block. What's driven them to take this action, and will it improve their landlord-tenant relationship?⤵️ insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-es…

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Inside Housing estimates there were 34,900 families with children aged under five in temporary accommodation in March 2024, up 14.3% year on year. Use our data dashboard to explore the latest quarterly update, and full local authority data breakdown ⤵ insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-ma…

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Following the news from Dagenham with horror but sadly not surprise. Relieved to hear everyone accounted for and hope that remains the case once investigations are complete. A couple of thoughts...

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It's also important to note that while this fire might have been non-fatal, it is not without victims. Many of those who left the building will have lost everything - every possession from toothbrushes to passports

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Tributes pour in after ‘force of nature’ and ‘legend in the world of housing law’ passes away dlvr.it/TCpdjK #ukhousing

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“I am 40 and still living in an overcrowded, cold, rat-infested HMO" 56% of social housing sector staff say that if they lost their job, they would “quickly and easily” be at risk of homelessness Read our full @InsideHousing investigation online now ⤵️ insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-ho…

“I am 40 and still living in an overcrowded, cold, rat-infested HMO"

56% of social housing sector staff say that if they lost their job, they would “quickly and easily” be at risk of homelessness

Read our full @InsideHousing  investigation online now ⤵️
insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-ho…
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As the homelessness numbers continue to rise, so are the numbers of people refused council help because they're ‘not vulnerable enough’. Are councils really getting stricter? And what’s it like to be one of these people turned away? Read my piece here ⤵️ insidehousing.co.uk/insight/homele…

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We've launched a new survey to see what housing staff think are the biggest issues affecting their job. Link below. Cheers insidehousing.co.uk/news/inside-ho…

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🏡 "It feels like I’m fighting fires with a cup of water" 🏙️ "I’m not able to be a friend, support worker, councillor, doctor and housing officer to every tenant" Fascinating findings from our survey of frontline social housing staff, check it out ⤵️