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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 9d

Awaab's Law will change how damp and mould is treated. Big Issue joined @kwajo.bsky.social to visit a family who've faced the issue for 10 years.

Read more: www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

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Shelter @sheltercharity.bsky.social · 15d

‘It was hidden, like swept under the carpet.'

In this short teaser video, housing campaigner @kwajo.bsky.social sat down for an honest conversation with Uche and Victoria about the extra barriers faced by Black people when trying to access a social home.

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 23d

MPs told that Croydon flats are example of how not to build insidecroydon.com/2025/10/15/m... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #Housing @kwajo.bsky.social @insidehousing.bsky.social @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social

MPs told that Croydon flats are example of how not to build

The appalling conditions in ‘luxury apartments’ in new-build Croydon flats at The Fold opposite Croydon Town Hall were raised with a House of Commons select committee hearing yesterday …

insidecroydon.com

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · Sep 3

Council slammed for 'neglect' and 'disregard' on social housing insidecroydon.com/2025/09/03/c... #Lambeth #Housing #Ombudsman @kwajo.bsky.social

Council slammed for ‘neglect’ and ‘disregard’ on social housing

Labour-controlled Lambeth is in trouble yet again over housing standards in the borough, with the council criticised in an independent report that, according to opposition councillors, “shows…

insidecroydon.com

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ʀak @raksky.bsky.social · Aug 4

Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social making sense about asylum, work and housing through the daily dose of small boat scaremongering on #newsnight.

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Nationwide Foundation @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social · Jul 16

Great to hear @kwajo.bsky.social speaking so passionately about the housing crisis and the urgent need for everyone to have a decent, safe and secure home at today's @thefabians.bsky.social Housing Mission Summit.

As he says 'homes are our foundation, they are as necessary as food and water.'

Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · Jul 16

“Housing is the biggest crisis we face in this country at the moment”

@kwajo.bsky.social stresses the importance of social housing in ending homelessness

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Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 The nurse of a Stage 4 brain tumour patient reached out as her patient is homeless and Thurrock Council isn’t helping him.

Without temporary accommodation/stable housing he won’t receive the treatment he needs.

PLEASE SHARE.

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Steve Hoey @steve-hoey.bsky.social · Jun 12

@kwajo.bsky.social is rousing the room with his story of lived experience of #homelessness, and challenging us to ask the hard questions at the @worldhabitat.bsky.social conference today.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · May 31

'It's a national disgrace - the worst housing crisis we have faced since WWII.'

'160,000 homeless kids in England alone.'

@kwajo.bsky.social tells @matthew-wright.bsky.social that people living in 'slum' conditions are waiting on the government to fulfil its promised housebuilding targets.

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Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social · May 31

If the Treasury fail to provide Angela with the funding needed to deliver enough social homes in the Spending Review, they can wave goodbye to building 1.5 million new homes. A promise made to the country

Worse still, they’ll be condemning an entire generation to a cycle of poverty and homelessness

LBC @lbc.co.uk · May 31

'It's a national disgrace - the worst housing crisis we have faced since WWII.'

'160,000 homeless kids in England alone.'

@kwajo.bsky.social tells @matthew-wright.bsky.social that people living in 'slum' conditions are waiting on the government to fulfil its promised housebuilding targets.

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Venetia Menzies @venetiamenzies.bsky.social · May 25

Pick up the paper today or visit @thetimes.com
to read the full investigation by myself and @kwajo.bsky.social 🗞️

🎁🔗
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...

Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E

Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment

www.thetimes.com

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Venetia Menzies @venetiamenzies.bsky.social · May 25

INVESTIGATION 🚨 Every 2 minutes a patient in mental health crisis goes to A&E, where they are twice as likely to wait over 12 hours

Lauren waited six days in A&E to get a bed when experiencing psychosis

In today's @thetimes.com with @kwajo.bsky.social 🧵👇

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E

Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment

www.thetimes.com

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Dr Sarah Hughes @drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social · May 25

Vital investigation by @kwajo.bsky.social and the @thetimes.com: Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E

www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...

Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E

Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment

www.thetimes.com

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Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy.bsky.social · May 19

Might also be of interest to @kwajo.bsky.social!

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Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy.bsky.social · May 19

This investigation took @lucascumiskey.bsky.social months of work – submitting FOI requests and challenging refusals, crunching the data and figuring out how to present it all.

Click through and you can see the data visualised in a few different ways, including geographically.

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Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy.bsky.social · May 19

Labour set a target of 1.5m homes while campaigning in last year's election. Yet it's still refusing to put a number on how many should be for social rent – the type of housing that 1.3m households are waiting for.

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Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy.bsky.social · May 19

🔴 Big exclusive leading Hyphen this morning – data from 119 councils shows half didn't greenlight a SINGLE social rent home in Labour's first six months.

Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k.

Full story here 👇

hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/h...

Just 6% of homes approved in Labour’s first six months were for social rent

Data from 119 English councils shows that council houses made up just 6% of planning approvals in Labour’s first half-year in office

hyphenonline.com

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · Apr 15

@nagsheadestate.bsky.social on the news last night + today. A huge shout out to @kwajo.bsky.social for saying it how it is.

The policies of the last decades have created a housing situation that harms our health but just as these decisions were made, they can be unmade.

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Brian Robson @brianrobson.bsky.social · Mar 28

Record numbers of kids living like this. It's costing us billions in temporary accomodation bills now, and more importantly, risks costing those kids their futures. Good to see the Childrens' Commissioner and @kwajo.bsky.social on the case.

news.sky.com/story/childr...

Children facing housing insecurity less likely to pass GCSEs, research shows

Children who are uprooted from their homes repeatedly throughout school go on to achieve fewer GCSE passes, according to new evidence from the office of the children's commissioner for England.

news.sky.com

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Alex @alexsz.bsky.social · Mar 28

Shameful. Even if there is a calculator where your heart should be, the least you have to understand is how much damage this causes to the economy. While the situation is this dire, there is not going to be any growth, there is not going to be a reduction in crime, and the NHS remains broken.

Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social · Mar 28

🚨 I spoke to kids from a primary school where 25% of them are homeless, I wanted you to hear directly from them.

Education is the biggest opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to break free from poverty.

They’re being denied that opportunity.

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Alex @alexsz.bsky.social · Mar 28

Housing is the foundation for life, you cannot build nothing on this level of homelessness.

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Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social · Mar 28

🚨 I spoke to kids from a primary school where 25% of them are homeless, I wanted you to hear directly from them.

Education is the biggest opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to break free from poverty.

They’re being denied that opportunity.

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Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social · Mar 24

Steamrolling over the country's most vulnerable... wasn't the change the majority of the country believed they were voting for

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · Mar 19

Last training run done before Sunday’s half marathon.

I know I’ve been pestering a lot and I’m SO grateful for so many donations - but if we could make it to £2k before the race, that would be incredible!

It’s for a great cause. Thanks for all the support 🏃‍♂️

www.gofundme.com/f/liam-raise...

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