Tom Chance

Personal account. Fan of the Commons. CEO @CommLandTrusts, trustee @clt_europe. Gardener, bass singer, inspired by Bookchin, Ostrom, Illich, Naess.

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

I am no longer actively using X. I've got an easy-to-find account over on Blue Sky if you're there...

[Community Land Trust Network @CommLandTrusts]

Recap some of 2024's highlights from the CLT Network including #BuildingwithCommunities24, policy wins in NPPF and Leasehold Reform and stories from our amazing network! Watch the full video here with @NW3CLT, Arundel CLT, Bishops Castle CLT and @Yorspace https://t.co/xDW10NhRQG

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

Brilliant news that @Middle_Marches has bought two hay meadows home to 90% of Shropshire's green-winged orchids, funded by 100s of local donors in a relatively low income village and boosted by @HeritageFundUK. Now in community ownership! @guyshrubsole

https://t.co/xc6cp6hF6f

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

Thanks @jcartlidgemp for asking @mtpennycook about the Community Housing Fund. As well as all the benefits the minister lists, it has also helped communities build at least 492 homes so far with >4k in the works and >10k waiting for future funding. What's not to like?

[Nationwide Foundation @NationwideFdtn]

Great article from @tom_chance for @insidehousing on the value of community-led housing and why the government should endorse the strategy from @CommLandTrusts, @CoopHousingUK and @UKCohousing to scale the sector up to help meet its housebuilding targets: https://t.co/K24D02I9m8

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

Thanks @JessBrownFuller for highlighting, in a debate on social housing, Westbourne CLT, on site and in the mix to be completing the 2,000th affordable @CommLandTrusts home! I recently met with @mtpennycook to discuss how this could be hugely scaled up.

https://t.co/Fryt1E5OPo

[megan kenyon @meganekenyon]

Crazy stat in UK Housing Review: govt spending on housing is at its highest: £30.5 billion in 2021/22 compared to £22.3 billion in 1975/76, in real terms. In the 70s, 95% was on housebuilding, now it's only 12%. The main reason for this drop? A rise in demand for housing benefit.

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

How can we follow Scotland in getting more community buyouts of land for nature recovery? I'll be speaking in a @Wrigleys_CSE webinar about @CommLandTrusts doing this in England on the 5th Nov, 2pm

https://t.co/3pZQVkBaI5

cc @guyshrubsole @MilesKing10 @GreenJennyJones

[New Local @wearenewlocal]

🆕 Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration

In a report out today, we argue for a better system of development in England – one that fully involves and empowers communities in decision-making.

https://t.co/ouURLF8fSW

🧵

[Community Land Trust Network @CommLandTrusts]

This article in @TimesProperty - highlights residents in Eastington CLT's new affordable homes. We loved that @JayneDowle balanced their rural homes with stories from @TheFlorrie, @RUSSLewisham and @LondonCLT to show the real spread and diversity of CLTs!
https://t.co/Cpw4z7CEsC

[Matt Leach @matt_leach]

Great and important policy analyst and policy intern #jobs going at @iconeighbours secretariat https://t.co/Wyiw5Bk6rZ
Helping set the future agenda for neighbourhoods policy

[Stokes Croft Land Trust @CroftTrust]

We have just heard the news that Turbo Island has been sold outside the planned auction this evening.

Read our public statement below.

[redbrick @redbrickblog]

📖 NEW ARTICLE | What should be in the Labour Government's NPPF?

What is the NPPF, and what should Labour change about it now it is in power?

Thank you to @tom_chance @russellcurtis @ShamaTatler and @rachaelwHsg for speaking at our recent event!

https://t.co/fFtpiSGhgN

[Community Land Trust Network @CommLandTrusts]

Know a CLT project that goes above and beyond - whether that's for people, place, planet - or an inspiring and generous leader moving the CLT movement forward?
Show your appreciation and nominate them for a CLT award by 23rd Oct at 11:59pm: https://t.co/HqFswwEdUi
📸@StIvesCLT

[Power to Change @powertochange_]

A Community Right to Buy could be transformative for communities. But government needs to ensure communities can purchase assets at the right price.

What is the right price? Well, valuation is not so straightforward.

@tom_chance @CommLandTrusts 👇

https://t.co/ewpFtDoJRw

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

If a Community Right to Buy is going to work, it needs to get valuation right. It's rather nerdy, but hugely important! I've written about it for @powertochange_

https://t.co/jvmqeYrbxX

cc @guyshrubsole

[Community Land Trust Network @CommLandTrusts]

Our CEO, @tom_chance, has published a review of the government's Community Housing Fund 2016-2022, exploring its impact and how the government can stimulate more social housebuilding at low cost by backing #CommunityLedHousing.
Read more: https://t.co/JU7Ctix3v1
#CLTs

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

Lovely to join Bishops Castle CLT for the grand opening of their second project, turning a derelict shop on the high street into a new community space and two low rent homes for locals in housing need.

[Tom Chance @tom_chance]

This is all very interesting, and I've lots of small detailed thoughts.

But it lacks any carbon accounting re airport expansion, construction of housing and infrastructure, etc. as though this just doesn't exist. I find this a bit strange for three very clever people.

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated.

A new essay by @bswud, @SCP_Hughes & me.

Why the UK's ban on investment in housing, infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem.

And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation.

https://t.co/N6McRZCOlx