OurWayAhead

[Thames Life @thameslifecdt]

'Why do local authorities give in so meekly... The answer is that they are under intense pressure from the government to meet housing targets and they are poorly prepared politically and technically to deal with developers who have deep pockets and good connections'. Page 114

[BarkingBarbie @wdz8p2ym92]

He was anything and everything, BUT a powerful advocate!

A truly shambolic failure!

Good riddance! @HousingOmbuds

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

I had a really positive meeting this afternoon with Lambeth Councils new Leader and Cllrs.

Looking forward to the next in a few weeks.

Shame I can’t say the same happened with the previous administration…

[savethewarehouse @savemywarehouse]

Community-washing guidance ahead of the new London Plan @DemolitionsLdn @justspace7 @footpath47 @paulpowlesland @group_ripple

[Suzanne Muna @Muna_Suz]

Persistence pays: Our campaign to end landlord service charge abuse is gaining recognition and the courts are beginning to back tenants opposing injustice.

✍️Sign the petition to force landlords to prove their bills before getting paid:

https://t.co/aw9c6oXBC8

#HousingJustice

[Matt Lismore @MattLismore]

Social housing is often private, not state.

Why is nobody calling this out.

[BarkingBarbie @wdz8p2ym92]

Darren Rodwell is a failed council leader, who achieved nothing else than bankrupting @lbbdcouncil . It is shameful of @LBC to affiliate with someone displaying such level of incompetence and negligence!

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away in poorer parts of England by London councils.

Social cleansing in our times.

Families torn from communities.

Recipient areas unable to provide jobs, schools, GPs, hospitals, public services.
https://t.co/RQJlzpycF1

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

@Nigel_Farage Cat check: Nigel Farage unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in the following constituencies
Eastleigh, Hampshire
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Bexhill & Battle, East Sussex
South Thanet, Kent
Bromley and Chislehurst, London
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
South Thanet, Kent (again)

[Matt Lismore @MattLismore]

Look at the “great homes” his council built.

- Balconies collapsed or were at risk of collapse on 220 (Weavers)
- one £50m block has never been occupied due to defects. (Thames Road)
- £36m block by Barking station Challingsworth house “riddled with damp & mould <2ys post build

[Matt Lismore @MattLismore]

Darren demolished thousands of council houses to replace them with new flats at higher rent prices, still owned by his council.

33% full market rent, 24% shared ownership & the rest “affordable” still higher than council rents.

He is only an expert in how *not* to fix housing

[Public Interest Law Centre. @publiclawcentre]

Read more about our legal challenge against unfair communal heating systems in Lambeth 👇

https://t.co/BjDSxxkO28

[Matt Lismore @MattLismore]

Public park, closed to the public 1/4 of the year so private companies can profit.

Arguably the most iconic in east London.

A few days a year seems fair, but 1/4 days is wrong.

[Cllr Anton Georgiou @antongeorgiou_]

I will always use my voice to speak up for tenants in #Alperton who are being neglected by their housing association.

The situation at Bigler Court is intolerable and L&Q should be ashamed of how residents are being treated.

We continue to demand action. https://t.co/9cOYS0kN9q

[Thames Life @thameslifecdt]

Just Space Alternative Plan for a caring city, challenging failed London Plans with fairer ideas for housing, climate and communities.
https://t.co/SZaL8BR6qu
#LondonPlan
#HousingJustice
#CaringCity
#AffordableHousing
#ClimateJustice
#CommunityLedPlanning
#PlanningForPeople

[Vicky Spratt @Victoria_Spratt]

A tweet by a prominent “YIMBY” argues against having social housing in some London boroughs because the homes could be lived in by more “economically productive” people…

FYI 41 per cent of lead tenants in social housing are in work

Others are carers or retired (and there are some who are out of work)

It is not correct to say social housing tenants are economically unproductive - many do vital jobs which the Capital couldn’t function without

[B&DCitizens @BDcitizens]

Great job as Co-chair at the assembly last night @nickpauro! We’re also very proud of your students who joined the assembly last night to participate in shaping local politics. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

If you want a practical example of why this fund is bullshit, I have one from the River Roding.

The Roding has billions of litres of sewage entering it illegally every year & the EA has refused to prosecute a single one. Separately, our volunteer River charity has been campaigning to restore the channel of the river through Ilford golf course & create a wetland. A large river charity (who will remain nameless) told us they could help us get funding for the restoration: great, we thought.

They were awarded tens of thousands of pounds from the water company fine fund & instead of actually restoring the river, they spent it (without consulting us) on staff time & consultant costs to produce a *report* about restoring the river. This report will then sit on a shelf somewhere and meanwhile the sewage still illegally enters the river & the river channel is still not restored. Our volunteers were forced to give up their free time & rely on local donations (a fraction of the amount spent on the report) to begin the restoration work as best we could ourselves. The system is utterly broken and our rivers are paying the price.

[Paul Scott @Paulscott95Paul]

Another major development expected to go ahead with reduced affordable housing https://t.co/0j6bcezghx