This feed is a dormant inspiration list on how can empty and underused space can be used to help tackle housing need in Oxford. A project by @TransitionbyD.
We're proud to have our @HomemakerOxford action research project shortlisted for the @ArchibooLive Activism award! 🤞🏿
Have a read of our article in which we explore how empty and underused spaces in the city could help us tackle extreme housing need: https://t.co/O8pDfcyB37
📢COMING SOON📢
We're about to launch the findings from @HomemakerOxford, a 4yr foray into how empty & underused space could help tackle housing need in Oxford.
Here's a sneak peak, & if you want to know more, sign up to the launch at @marmalade_io https://t.co/oRQcYzNiQY
We're bringing four-years worth of our @HomemakerOxford research to @marmalade_io, and we're asking participants to help us figure out how to turn forgotten spaces into amazing new homes https://t.co/THB9uuJ6Eu
(1/2) The BBC did an in-depth story on Bishop @Guli_FD, who is hoping to put into action @JustinWelby's commitments to tackle England's housing crisis with the sale of Church land around core values and not just profit. Thank you @Guli_FD!
https://t.co/Js2jhbKuii
I agree with @KateNHF - next spending review is the golden opportunity for Government to kick start #NetZero housing by bringing forward the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund promised in its 2019 manifesto.
The clock is ticking, let's get going!
https://t.co/zPXGrNsxP0
Yesterday saw the first of 40 modular homes arrive in Reading so we can rehouse people found rough sleeping and accommodated in B&Bs during COVID-19. On site staff from St Mungo’s will be there 24/7 to provide intensive support. Read more here: https://t.co/F3FvazdQO8 #RDGUK
‘People’s Plans’ is a 2-year research project to produce the 1st sustained history of UK community-led planning, documenting diverse and hidden ways that people come together to care for the future of their local environments.
We desperately need more affordable housing but councils need the powers to ensure any buildings converted provide people with the dignity of a proper home. https://t.co/ifa8D7TzNK
an actual wtf economics story:
Almost half of UK homeowners’ housing wealth is concentrated in the hands of the over-65s, in a mark of how the “baby boomer” generation has benefited from house price growth fuelled by low interest rates.
https://t.co/Saf5eQyTk2
Bonny Downs Cohousing Project - A local charity founded by a Baptist church seeking to redevelop their church hall to provide a bespoke space for community activities and affordable housing for those in need. https://t.co/5pzLpuSTsT
Manchester's developers and charities are proposing to house the homeless in shipping containers. The move is part of a trend of inhumanity disguised as stylish efficiency. @tribunemagazine
https://t.co/jyKkdSb4d6