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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 6h

"Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme

More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation"

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Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme

More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned. The energy department said it had plans to fix t...

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 10h

"Couple found dead behind door may have laid undiscovered for days"

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Couple found dead behind door may have laid undiscovered for days

Neighbours demand to know why warnings about vulnerable residents at Salcombe Lodge did not seem to be taken seriously

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 11h

"Council staff facing 'shocking' violence amid housing freeze"

The incidents were described as being 'driven by frustration and anger' at the failure to accommodate those in need of housing."

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Council staff facing 'shocking' violence amid housing freeze

The incidents were described as being 'driven by frustration and anger' at the failure to accommodate those in need of housing.

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 1d

“Desperately needed Nottingham council tower fixes delayed by 'frustrating' issue”

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Desperately needed tower fixes delayed by 'frustrating' issue

It has been called prison-like in the past by residents

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 1d

“What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich”

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What are Yo-yo Homes? The council houses making ex-tenants very, very rich

Big Issue has uncovered over 100 examples of Yo-yo Homes, as councils lose millions buying back homes they sold just a few years earlier.

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 2d

“Council plans to review every major works project in the last ten years in Southwark

Residents in Rotherhithe have been forced to live on a building site and, according to opposition councillors, now face extortionate bills”

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Council plans to review every major works project in the last ten years in Southwark

Southwark Council has pledged to carry out reviews on every major works project which has taken place in the borough

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 3d

“Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions”

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Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 3d

“Tenants afraid to speak out about hate crimes, councillors warn”

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Tenants afraid to speak out about hate crimes, councillors warn

People affected by anti-social behaviour and hate crimes are afraid to speak out and some who do just have their

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 4d

“Wandsworth Council expects families to sleep in their living rooms in brand new homes planned for the Alton Estate, a shocking email exchange has revealed.”

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Wandsworth’s shameful Alton plan: Living rooms as bedrooms in brand new builds - Putney.news

Wandsworth expects families to use living rooms as bedrooms in new Alton Estate homes. "Absolutely ridiculous" says resident. Vote ends 16 Oct.

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 4d

“An Edinburgh council tenant who has to travel to a gym an hour away to take a shower is demanding a move to more suitable accommodation.”

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Edinburgh council tenant travels hour for shower - Midlothian View

An Edinburgh council tenant who has to travel to a gym an hour away to take a shower is demanding a move to more suitable accommodation.

www.midlothianview.com

Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 4d

“Council tenants could see weekly rent bills rise by at least £6 under new proposals.”

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Council tenants are facing rent rises of at least £6 a week under new proposals

East Lothian Council proposes a minimum 7 council rent rise for 2026-27, averaging £6.12 extra per week. Tenants invited to share feedback during…

www.eastlothiancourier.com

Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to @hqnmedia.bsky.social for the review.

“It may be the best book ever written on the repairs service. Read it but brace yourself.”

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Book review: Middle Ground: A Frontline Journey in Social Housing - HQN

Turns out the operatives are only too happy to spill the beans. A new book, Middle Ground: A Frontline Journey in Social Housing, by Joe Carpenter –

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 4d

“West Midlands Mayor announces £40m ‘Social Housing Accelerator Fund’”

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West Midlands Mayor announces £40m ‘Social Housing Accelerator Fund’

Richard Parker has launched a £40m Social Housing Accelerator Fund to deliver 1,000 new social rent homes across the region.

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 5d

“We’ve been forgotten for so long’: Council tenants welcome improvement work on neglected estate

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Council tenants welcome improvement work on neglected estate

Residents have been suffering with damp, mould and poor insulation for years

www.nottinghampost.com

Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 5d

“Key changes to the tenancy agreement for social housing tenants in Doncaster have been approved, limiting who can make a succession claim for a property in the event of a death.”

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Council changes succession policy for family in event named council house tenant dies

Key changes to the tenancy agreement for social housing tenants in Doncaster have been approved, limiting who can make a succession claim for a property in the event of a death.

www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk

Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 5d

“Scot 'thought bomb had gone off' as ceiling of council flat collapsed on top of her”

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Scot 'thought bomb had gone off' as ceiling of council flat collapsed on her

The council has apologised over the incident.

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 5d

“At least 1,611 homeless people died in the UK last year, including 11 children, latest figures suggest.”

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'Abject failure' as UK's homeless deaths rise - including children

The government's homelessness minister, Alison McGovern MP, has described the increased number of deaths as an "abject failure that cannot be tolerated".

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 5d

“Broken lifts, loss of hot water and overdue repairs: East London council pays out 'astonishing' £572k”

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Broken lifts and overdue repairs see council pay out 'astonishing' £572k

Hackney Council's own Labour member told officers she had gone two months without hot water in her housing block

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 6d

My book Middle Ground is out now!

Based on over a decade of frontline experience in homes across London & the South East, it shares the human stories behind damp homes, disrepair & systemic failings - and calls for a fairer, more reliable social housing system.

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 7d

“Scots hospitalised after living in 'mouldy and damp homes'

Dozens of Scots have turned up at A&E departments across the country, blaming damp and mould for their health problems.”

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Scots hospitalised after living in 'mouldy and damp homes'

Dozens of Scots have turned up at A&E departments across the country, blaming damp and mould for their health problems.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 7d

Marble Lobbies, Mouldy Flats: The Showroom 'Utopia' of Housing Associations

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 8d

"Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system"

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Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government

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Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 8d

"Calls for larger Stoke-on-Trent homes after 'embarrassing' council house scheme"

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Calls for larger Stoke-on-Trent homes after 'embarrassing' council house scheme

Property sizes on the old Brookhouse Green Primary School site have been labelled 'embarrassing'

www.stokesentinel.co.uk

Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 9d

“Fewer than half of buildings with unsafe cladding have still not been remediated, latest data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government shows.”

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Unsafe cladding remediation remains slow | Construction News

Fewer than half of buildings with unsafe cladding have still not been remediated, latest data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local

www.constructionnews.co.uk

Social Housing Posts @uksocialhousing.bsky.social · 9d

'There's enough homeless kids to fill the O2 more than eight times - we need a change'

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'There's enough homeless kids to fill the O2 seven times - we need change now'

Campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa spoke about some of the ripple effects that come from bad social housing from children's lives, to impacting education and the NHS - something that can't be ignored

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