Chris Hancock

What IS so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding?

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

@YoungBridget @Springboks Are you South African? I never thought to ask....🏆🇿🇦

[Hastings Borough Council @hastingsbc]

Anyone who lives in Hastings can have their say on the new housing allocations policy.

The policy sets out how the council decides whether someone can apply for social housing and how high they should be placed on the housing register, depending on their individual needs.

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

Homelessness is a Housing Problem and Hastings is a extremely stark example of that fact. https://t.co/uJ9fvUGTg1

[Kate Farrell @katefaz]

Housing Associations have a crucial role in preventing and ending homelessness. I’m really proud to have joined the board of Homes for Cathy. It would be great to see Housing sector colleagues at our conference in London later this month. https://t.co/Z4BBnm77Ne

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

Spent the morning keeping quiet and not using any bandwidth while @EllaRHancock chaired her way through this, engaging hundreds with a compelling case for a housing led end to homelessness in Central & Eastern Europe. Super proud.

[World Habitat @WorldHabitat]

🪧The launch of our feasibility study..

..'Ending Homelessness in Central & Eastern Europe' is underway & it’s clear there's not enough #socialhousing or support for those at risk of losing their homes & homelessness is rising.

Read the full report 👉 https://t.co/1eGDtrA2AO

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

@mcoll72 It's pronounced shithọlę

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

Bereft to be leaving this Polish idyll tomorrow after 2 glorious weeks. Kocham Polskę 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[Sarah Walters @sjwalters31]

Yes absolutely! excellent to see the launch of the #everyonehomecollective PRS Routemap promoting the PRS as a way out of homelessness

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

@katefaz @crisis_uk @CescaAlbanese Very much so Romulus.

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

Last day @crisis_uk after 9 wonderful years, leaving do activities were expertly judged @katefaz. @CescaAlbanese Will miss the place terribly but have absolutely no doubt that ending homelessness in the best hands.

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

@CescaAlbanese @crisis_uk @katefaz Yeah 'saved'.....❤️

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

Also means stepping down @HomesforCathy where there have also been many many highlights...and leaving it in similarly good hands.

[Faye Greaves CIHCM @FayeGreaves101]

Have been looking out for this 🤓…really would’ve liked to see more on expectations for tackling homelessness but proposals are frustratingly weak on this. Our work w/ @HomesforCathy provides a good starting point for some reasonable asks that have potential for notable impact

[Homes for Cathy @HomesforCathy]

In our new blog, @SYorksHA @charlottewheat looks at the local partnerships the association is nurturing to provide housing and support to people seeking sanctuary & fulfil its H4C commitment to contribute to ending migrant homelessness.
https://t.co/MBlpF59zUx

[Homes for Cathy @HomesforCathy]

The term 'vulnerable' can also be stigmatising, which is why we're proposing to update the Homes for Cathy commitments to make it clear that people experiencing homelessness are also disadvantaged and underserved by existing policy and practice.

[Jasmine Amber @JasmineAmberB]

Homelessness is a housing issue. Most people are homeless because of a lack of a safe, settled & truly affordable home. If people do need access to support services, having a home also makes it possible to engage, instead having to battle the trauma of homelessness everyday

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

" it is the funding structure that should be the focus of any scepticism, rather than the Housing First model itself. " Absolutely, spot on, as always, from @AlexLSmith1983 . Such an odd and circular argument to have to refute....

[Inside Housing @insidehousing]

Eddie Hughes’ scepticism is wrong. Housing First works, but we must approach it differently #ukhousing https://t.co/KgrPbwhW3M

[Chris Hancock @Chanco81]

@MayazRah I raise you swimming lessons with Performing Arts extravaganza...finished with 10 mins to spare..otherwise there would have been scenes.

[Faye Greaves CIHCM @FayeGreaves101]

Another important study into the key drivers/solutions to homelessness (US based but plenty of recognisable similarities w/Britain). No surprise that all routes both into & out of homelessness involve housing. Shame too many decision makers in UK govt don’t get this

[Anna Clarke @AnnaClarke_____]

And in case anyone needs convincing of the link, here's a map of homeless rates across the country (left) and house prices (right). See a pattern?