Ian Cole

Chair at @syorksha Professor of Housing at @cresr_shu Father of five somehow, partner of Kesia and long term supporter of decent social housing and Man U.

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Evisceration of Theresa Mays Brexit strategy by Anthony Hilton , veteran economics and business journalist. Doomed from the moment she named her red lines at Tory conference in 2016 - which totally surprised her advisers and horrified EU. @natfedevents

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Given the vagaries of rough sleeper counts, a reduction of 74 people compared to last year’s figures is pretty meaningless and scarcely a cause for celebration

[Chris Choi @Chrisitv]

Rough sleeper figures: "The fact that this number has soared by 165 per cent since 2010 should shame us all" @CIHhousing

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

NHF Board members conference. The three big issues that have emerged from discussions with tenants about the future of regulation ?1. Sanctions and UC. 2. The stigma of being a social housing tenant. 3. Antipathy to landlord league tables - ‘pointless and tell you little’ Yes!

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Absolutely. Babies and bathwater come to mind with the case against no new supply. Remember 1945 to 50!

[Jules Birch @jules_birch]

The contrarian view on 'just build more homes' is going too far - if you agree financalisation not lack of supply is at heart of housing crisis surely expansion of one of few bits of housing that's not financialised is part of solution not problem? https://t.co/dy3bwYS78m

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

A collectors item, probably. I am retweeting a Daily Mail article....

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Hi Val. Yes I do remember you and glad you’re still pressing the case!

[val alker @ValAlker]

30 years ago I was on the postgrad course run by @profiancole and Rob Furbey - now I am still pushing for better tenant engagement and less stereotyping @Onward_Homes formerly of @tpasengland

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Definitely a trend to watch. The transformation of the housing association sector in Germany is hardly an encouraging precedent.

[Inside Housing @insidehousing]

New kids on the block: why for-profit providers are making housing associations nervous #ukhousing https://t.co/VKDMKht4eO

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

@insidehousing @BBCNews @Benefit2Society A comment plucked straight from the top drawer of lazy pernicious stereotypes. Perhaps the reporter in question should take a week off visiting social housing estates across the country. I am sure I and @TonyStacey would give him/her a warm welcome in South Yorkshire

[Bernadette Meaden @BernaMeaden]

'agricultural land now becomes 275 times more expensive once it receives planning permission, even before a single home is built' Landowners in England made £13 billlion profit in 2016/17 https://t.co/zez8yMBIJn via @ekklesia_co_uk

[John Popham @johnpopham]

My complaint to the BBC #ukhousing #NHF18 #NHF2018 #notasinkhole

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Half an hour into her job and Kate Henderson identifies that the main factor to increase the supply of social homes is to capture land values. And she gets a round of applause, I’m glad to say. And more concise than some of the other speakers!

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

25 years ago I wrote a book with Rob Furbey in praise of council housing. Somewhat against the trend. We wanted a picture of a new semi detached council house in Sheffield on the cover. The publishers rejected it because ‘it didn’t look like council housing. ‘ plus ca change...

[See The Person @2BenefitSociety]

If the @BBCNews thinks that all social housing are in sink hole estates perhaps we should show them why we are so proud of our homes.

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Good chat with Michael Chandler of Cardboard Citizens who did some great work with #syha last year. Their current work is inspired by Tony Parker’s brilliant book People of Providence, written over 30 years ago and now back in the limelight!

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Attended a session on barriers to housing supply which somehow failed to mention the business model of volume house builders in which profits increase exponentially while completions increase marginally. A steady trend since 2010. The barrier that daren’t speak its name here?

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Listening to Michael Heseltine at NHF conference throwing back the years and giving the Treasury a good kicking for the drift to hypothecated spend, arguing the case for Development Corporations and crucially for capping land values. Maybe his time will come...

[Crisis @crisis_uk]

1/2 Theresa May’s pledge of £2bn to build new homes in England is welcome news so long as future governments honour this, says our chief exec @Jon_Sparkes. But we must be clear, while this is a good start, these measures are not enough to end homelessness in England. #NHF18

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Land is often the forgotten issue in debates about the housing crisis and affordability so great to see it highlighted. The scale of windfall profits going to landowners is often staggering. Time that was changed.

[Growth and Reform Network @GrowthandReform]

Launched in partnership with @NatFedNews, we are calling for an overhaul of land law, so profit can be put to use funding infrastructure and affordable housing. Our report: https://t.co/ppUXQb8qMM #NHF18

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Just to add my sincere thanks to @hannah_sheff for this brilliant act, an expression of what Age Better is about, and a story that has now struck a chord with 40,000 others globally, showing the hunger for positive stories rather than tales of denigration or despair. https://t.co/fVlrzUlH4o

[Hannah Thornton @hannah_shef]

Come on Twitter - do your thing! 😀 #FindMorris #FindMaurice https://t.co/IIwjNSKm47

[Ian Cole @profiancole]

Historically housing market change has often been provoked as much by the unintended as the intended outcomes of government policies. Initiatives like Help to Buy and stamp duty changes can have an impact rather different from that initially envisaged.