professor and former CIH President. commentator on all housing matters, NED roles across British Isles. lifelong Leeds United fan. retweets not endorsement
Is anyone else getting an error when they complete the online lost property form for @BELFASTCITY_AIR ? It’s happened to me a few times now yet I’m told I have to complete the online form
Why is Value Cabs given a monopoly @BELFASTCITY_AIR ? Massive queue now for 40 minutes and not a taxi in sight. Surely they know when flights are arriving?
@BELFASTCITY_AIR definitely not as good at delivering luggage as everything else including getting through security. A little disappointing that you have to wait so long in a relatively small airport
Just two days to go until #PRS25!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our chair, Professor Paddy Gray OBE @Paddygray1.
About Paddy:
Paddy Gray is an established academic and has wide experience of academic and applied research. He is currently an Ambassador for the Housing Safety and Well Being Task Force set up by Aico. Paddy Gray is an established academic with over 400 publications. In 2010 he became the first Irish President of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). He is Chair of Wheatley Foundation in Scotland, and until recently was Vice Chair of Wheatley Homes Glasgow. In Ireland he Chairs Tuath Housing, and iCare Housing, and is a board member of Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). In NI he Chairs the Private Rented Tenants Voice and is a past Chair of Connswater Homes, Ulidia Housing Association and Citizens Advice North west. In 2017 he was named the top housing power player in the UK. 2019 awarded an OBE. 2021 appointed to the new Housing Commission in Ireland. 2023 was named Property Personality of the year at the Belfast Telegraph Property Awards and in 2024 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Aico Communitiy Awards in Birmingham.
Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
So sad to hear of the passing Alan Kilburn. A mentor and a dear friend. I remember him and I being invited to Fung Tung’s (former @CIHhousing President) house in Hong Kong for dinner when there in 1996 and we had to sit on the floor. We always had a giggle about that RIP Alan
Good discussion today on @BBCTalkback with @williamcrawley alongside @Paddygray1 and @s_marms regarding insufficient housing supply in NI, the causes and clarifying the allocation system. Housing shouldn't be dividing people, instead uniting in demanding adequate supply.
Report by think tank Pivotal accuses the NI Executive of avoiding difficult choices - is that fair?
@pivotalpolicy | @NewtonEmerson | @Paddygray1
https://t.co/JYjL6wri3I
You know my thoughts on this Connaire particularly @AerLingus and its customer support which is useless. It must be awful for you and your family. Thoughts with you
@cllrjohnkyle@Translink_NI It’s one of the worst I have used.. when you look at Transport for Ireland TFI it’s miles ahead as it TfL SNCF which I use in France..
Our Chief Executive @SeamusLeheny was interviewed alongside @Paddygray1 this morning on @BBCRadioFoyle by @teresamcraig. They discussed the announcement this week by Minister @LizKimminsSF of £11m funding for wastewater infrastructure upgrade in Derry that will unlock construction of +3,000 new homes including 1,500 by @ApexHousingAssn
“For too long, social housing failures have been dismissed as second-tier concerns, largely because the tenure is for people on lower incomes.” https://t.co/s2ew6CeyDS