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Reposting UK social housing related articles, news and posts in one place. RT’s & posts not endorsements.
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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.
linktr.ee/behindthetools
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.
linktr.ee/behindthetools
“Quintain Living: rent hikes, evictions and soaring energy bills rife at 3,600-home Wembley scheme say tenants”
www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
Evictions, rent and bill hikes: tenants say issues rife at 3,600-home Wembley scheme
Build-to-rent operators are set to play an increasing role in the future of renting — but tenants at Quintain Living, the largest UK development of its kind, allege that conditions fall far short of t...
www.standard.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Quintain Living: rent hikes, evictions and soaring energy bills rife at 3,600-home Wembley scheme say tenants”
www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
“UN experts accuse one of England’s biggest social landlords of habitability failings
Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of living”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of living”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UN experts accuse one of England’s biggest social landlords of habitability failings
Exclusive: Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of living
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“UN experts accuse one of England’s biggest social landlords of habitability failings
Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of living”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of living”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Latest Substack
Maintenance Operatives: Jack of All Trades, Master of One (But Pushed Into Many)
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Maintenance Operatives: Jack of All Trades, Master of One (But Pushed Into Many)
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December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Latest Substack
Maintenance Operatives: Jack of All Trades, Master of One (But Pushed Into Many)
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
Maintenance Operatives: Jack of All Trades, Master of One (But Pushed Into Many)
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
“The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia.
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia.
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“‘Threats, arson and lies' claims as Birmingham supported housing firm goes bust owing over £12.2m”
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
'Threats, arson and lies' claims as Birmingham supported housing firm goes bust
A company with strong links to the controversial 'exempt supported housing' sector in Birmingham has been forced into liquidation amid shocking claims by administrators
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“‘Threats, arson and lies' claims as Birmingham supported housing firm goes bust owing over £12.2m”
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
“Council homes in Bristol are left empty for almost three months on average in between tenancies despite thousands languishing on the housing waiting list.”
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Council homes in Bristol left empty for almost three months
More than 21,000 households are waiting for social housing
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Council homes in Bristol are left empty for almost three months on average in between tenancies despite thousands languishing on the housing waiting list.”
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
“From the Chief Executive…“I’d start inspections with real life then work back to the boardroom”
hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/from-the-chi...
hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/from-the-chi...
From the Chief Executive…“I’d start inspections with real life then work back to the boardroom” – HQM
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November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“From the Chief Executive…“I’d start inspections with real life then work back to the boardroom”
hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/from-the-chi...
hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/from-the-chi...
“A North London man’s ceiling collapsed after the local authority took too long to fix a leak coming from his upstairs neighbour's flat, a watchdog report has found.”
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
Watchdog slams Camden Council after leak causes man's ceiling to fall in
The Housing Ombudsman found fault with several local authorities and landlords over their failures to fix ‘serious’ leaks which had caused electricity outages and saw some families displaced from thei...
www.mylondon.news
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“A North London man’s ceiling collapsed after the local authority took too long to fix a leak coming from his upstairs neighbour's flat, a watchdog report has found.”
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
“Battersea Power Station could get over 200 council homes after affordable housing controversy”
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
Battersea Power Station could get over 200 council homes after controversy
The regeneration has drawn criticism over its planned level of affordable housing
www.mylondon.news
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“Battersea Power Station could get over 200 council homes after affordable housing controversy”
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
“A 60-year-old man with terminal cancer says he is "more sick than ever before" after sleeping rough for a month because he was evicted from his home when Islington Council discharged its duty to house him.”
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
Evicted man with terminal cancer washed in McDonald's and slept on bus
Islington Council admitted a "significant amount" of Shaner Osman's belongings - including his cancer medication - have gone missing after the eviction
www.mylondon.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“A 60-year-old man with terminal cancer says he is "more sick than ever before" after sleeping rough for a month because he was evicted from his home when Islington Council discharged its duty to house him.”
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
“Midland council targeted by £750k right-to-buy scammers amid tenant stampede
Con artists tried to take advantage of rush to beat deadline before tenants' discount was cut”
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Con artists tried to take advantage of rush to beat deadline before tenants' discount was cut”
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Midland council targeted by £750k right-to-buy scammers amid tenant stampede
Con artists tried to take advantage of rush to beat deadline before tenants' discount was cut
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“Midland council targeted by £750k right-to-buy scammers amid tenant stampede
Con artists tried to take advantage of rush to beat deadline before tenants' discount was cut”
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Con artists tried to take advantage of rush to beat deadline before tenants' discount was cut”
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Wrote about this subject last week. Likely to see more of this sadly
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wrote about this subject last week. Likely to see more of this sadly
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
“Half-built homes in west London to be demolished after ‘mismanagement’
The properties in the Dean Gardens area of Ealing, intended for affordable housing or shared ownership, were started using a taxpayer-funded grant”
www.thetimes.com/article/ec1f...
The properties in the Dean Gardens area of Ealing, intended for affordable housing or shared ownership, were started using a taxpayer-funded grant”
www.thetimes.com/article/ec1f...
Half-built homes in west London to be demolished after ‘mismanagement’
The properties in the Dean Gardens area of Ealing, intended for affordable housing or shared ownership, were started using a taxpayer-funded grant
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“Half-built homes in west London to be demolished after ‘mismanagement’
The properties in the Dean Gardens area of Ealing, intended for affordable housing or shared ownership, were started using a taxpayer-funded grant”
www.thetimes.com/article/ec1f...
The properties in the Dean Gardens area of Ealing, intended for affordable housing or shared ownership, were started using a taxpayer-funded grant”
www.thetimes.com/article/ec1f...
“Leaseholder fury at £100k bills for new windows during major works beset by delays
Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater”
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater”
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Leaseholder fury at £100k bills for new windows
Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater
www.standard.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Leaseholder fury at £100k bills for new windows during major works beset by delays
Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater”
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater”
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
“Are homeless families being housed alongside sex offenders?
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils seem unsure whether they pose a risk”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils seem unsure whether they pose a risk”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Are councils housing sex offenders alongside homeless families?
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils don’t seem to know if they pose a risk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“Are homeless families being housed alongside sex offenders?
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils seem unsure whether they pose a risk”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils seem unsure whether they pose a risk”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Just over a month since Middle Ground was published.
In my latest Substack post, I share an update on life after the book, including my own housing journey, moving away from London, and continuing to work in social housing repairs.
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
In my latest Substack post, I share an update on life after the book, including my own housing journey, moving away from London, and continuing to work in social housing repairs.
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
Middle Ground: Looking Back, Moving Forward
It’s been just over a month since Middle Ground was published, and it still feels quite surreal to see it out in the world.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Just over a month since Middle Ground was published.
In my latest Substack post, I share an update on life after the book, including my own housing journey, moving away from London, and continuing to work in social housing repairs.
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
In my latest Substack post, I share an update on life after the book, including my own housing journey, moving away from London, and continuing to work in social housing repairs.
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
“Named and shamed: the London boroughs where not a single affordable home is being built”
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Named and shamed: the five London boroughs where no affordable homes are being built
Mayor’s spokesman describes the figures as ‘encouraging’ as they show a 113% city-wide increase in the number of new starts
www.standard.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Named and shamed: the London boroughs where not a single affordable home is being built”
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
“Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“£7,000 Payout After Havering Council Left Homeless Family Living in Unsafe Housing”
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thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2025/11/10/7...
“£7,000 Payout After Havering Council Left Homeless Family Living in Unsafe Housing”
Havering Council has agreed to pay more than £7,000 to a homeless mother after her family was left to live in unsafe housing writes local democracy reporter Sebastian Mann.
thehaveringdaily.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“£7,000 Payout After Havering Council Left Homeless Family Living in Unsafe Housing”
thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2025/11/10/7...
thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2025/11/10/7...
“London borough with 3,500 kids in temporary homes urged not to follow Sadiq Khan's housing plan”
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
'Don't follow Sadiq Khan's plan - stick to 35% affordable housing target'
Housing campaigners in Southwark are urging the council not to lower its own targets for affordable housing after the Mayor offered developers incentives to deliver 20%
www.mylondon.news
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“London borough with 3,500 kids in temporary homes urged not to follow Sadiq Khan's housing plan”
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
“Lambeth to flog five more empty council homes – too pricey to fix for local families, but apparently fine to sell to private investors”
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
Lambeth to flog five more empty council homes – too pricey to fix for local families, but apparently fine to sell to private investors
Lambeth Council has signed off plans to flog five more of its long-vacant council-owned homes – arguing that the cost of making them fit for local families would simply be too high.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Lambeth to flog five more empty council homes – too pricey to fix for local families, but apparently fine to sell to private investors”
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/lamb...
“Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Evidence for the rise in housing disrepair claims against councils”
www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/evidenc...
www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/evidenc...
Evidence for the rise in housing disrepair claims against councils
When I take the bus into Manchester city centre, there is a huge billboard advertising something that wouldn’t have been so prevalent years before: housing disrepair claims.
www.legalfutures.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“Evidence for the rise in housing disrepair claims against councils”
www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/evidenc...
www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/evidenc...
“Social housing management firm fined after workers exposed to vibration-related ill-health”
www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/eng...
www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/eng...
England: Social housing management firm fined after workers exposed to vibration-related ill-health
An East Midlands social housing provider has been fined £32,000 after multiple workers were diagnosed with vibration-related ill-health conditions such as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). The...
www.scottishhousingnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Social housing management firm fined after workers exposed to vibration-related ill-health”
www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/eng...
www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/eng...