HAResidentsAction

[London Tenants Federation @LondonTenants]

The government have announced a mortgage holiday for homeowners. Guarantees must now be offered to renters of all kinds to ensure they can remain in their homes without falling into arrears or risking eviction during this time. @10DowningStreet @RobertJenrick @RishiSunak

[Tom Copley @tomcopley]

This morning #AssemblyHousing is continuing our investigation into shared ownership. At our last session we heard from shared owners about their experiences, who raised issues with leases, service charges & other fees. Today we put these issues to a panel of guests inc providers

[DemolitionWatchLdn💙 @DemolitionsLdn]

So @SirBobKerslake again - come on @johnmcdonnellMP please have a quiet chat with Sir Bob please - huge elephant in the room here

[Paul Hackett CBE @PaulHackett10]

Value of #ukhousing reached record high in 2019 of £7.4tn, after increasing by £101.8bn over previous year. Distribution of housing wealth very uneven, with almost half owned by over 65s. More #AffordableHousing desperately needed by low-income households https://t.co/oaVuucYpd7

[Jules Birch @jules_birch]

Not a headline you'd expect to read in 2020 https://t.co/MBcNlTqDUU

[Karen Buck @KarenPBuckQP]

Despite being in opposition, we managed to get the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act into law last year- extending to existing tenancies in March. These figures show how much we have to do to ensure everyone has a safe and decent home.

[Tom Murtha. Retired. @tomemurtha]

I’ve no profound thoughts for 2020. I expect it is going to be a tough decade. All I can say is that if you work in social housing you have a duty to challenge government policies. Their lack of investment in social rent homes and austerity measures have caused the housing crisis

[London Tenants Federation @LondonTenants]

H Pryor, luxury property buying agent, said the wealthy benefit from being able to borrow significant sums of money at v cheap rates. “..to borrow £100,000 you must expect to pay 2-3%, but if you want to borrow £5m, the rate drops for some to less than 1%”

Not what we need eh?

[Leilani Farha 🍉 @leilanifarha]

In city after city access to adequate affordable #housing is cited as most imp issue alongside addressing climate change.

The housing crisis is real. All levels of government need to be engaged + creative + recognize that legislative, regulatory, structural change is needed.

[Brixton Buzz @brixtonbuzz]

Lambeth Council’s homeless campaign is advertised right outside their own empty offices https://t.co/5OnbwRDtXD

[35% Campaign @35percent_EAN]

20 years ago Southwark declared it wants to attract a 'wider range of people living in the borough'. It has since sold or demolished 13,000 council homes. https://t.co/NlqpkQELG6

[London Tenants Federation @LondonTenants]

Delivering housing for property investment at the expense of the homes we need. These are current London Plan housing targets (no reflection of need) and delivery for 2017/18 - from @MayorofLondon publication 31.10.19.

[Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 @LorettaCLees]

A tale of two cities: London’s rich and poor in Tower Hamlets https://t.co/E3DXfR0ds1

[Taxpayers Against Poverty @taxpayers_a_p]

#NOROOMONTHELAND
Help for first-time buyers uses #TaxPayers money to lubricate rich developers' machines and make them richer and greedier. If that fund can be released to local authorities to build council houses, it will solve a number of issues. The first being homelessness.

[Homeowners of L&Q 💚 @HomeownersLQ]

Leasehold is theft and abuse.

Hidden clauses to purposely catch unsuspecting first-time buyers in onerous leases, causing lifetime of worry about increasing ground rents and potentially unsellable properties. All for steady income stream to investors.

https://t.co/XaPRNTgJwd

[NLC - KATIE KENDRICK OBE - LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGNER @NLC_2019]

They knew what monster they were creating when they used our homes to generate an endless income stream for the freeholders.
@CMAgovUK #Leaseholdscandal 🤢🤢 Reading how our homes are used is sickening.Had we known this at the beginning we would never of entered into this racket

[Homeowners of L&Q 💚 @HomeownersLQ]

So far 6 @LQHomes estates across London are reporting ongoing/ repeated failures of heating/ hot water communal system this winter. How many more will join? Why are @LQHomesMatter chronically incapable of fixing communal heating issues?

[HAResidentsAction @HaResidents]

Why is there a housing crisis? Why are we under attack? And what the heck is ‘financialistion?’ https://t.co/MGC4zgSPWu

[HAResidentsAction @HaResidents]

The Regulator upholds only 6 complaints out of 502 in the last year. Housing Association activists must fight for proper regulation of housing associations. Fight with us! https://t.co/EKqJpzHy3J

[HAResidentsAction @HaResidents]

Massive pay increases for the Executive Team of NHG. And rent rises of 1% above the rate of inflation for assured tenants from April 2020. https://t.co/hqCpQmZZYZ