The UK care system awful even for those who have some muscle, power, influence and potential to earn. Kate Garraway fallen into at least £800,000 of debt from care costs alone. This is how she describes the care system for Derek Draper (I feel another campaign coming on:

Excellent analysis and recommendations from Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Great to be at the National Housing Federation conference in Liverpool today, speaking alongside Rhys Moore and the frankly wonderful Miranda Green

Harrowing and tragic findings. Today more children are homeless in temp accom than ever before - 142,490 in total

It's utterly shameful to allow kids to grow up in these conditions

This crisis can be solved & we can end child homelessness but to do so, we need a #PlanForHousing

Three clear commitments from Mike Amesbury MP at #EndingHomelessnessTogether Lobby in Parliament:

1️⃣Cross dept, long-term strategy to end all forms of homelessness

2️⃣Commitment to boosting supply of social homes and re-boot planning

3️⃣Focus on homelessness prevention

London councils spend £90m monthly on homeless temporary accommodation bbc.in/3TerfbR

Great piece of analysis from National Housing Federation Shelter. Investing in social housing will create a much needed boost to the economy whilst tackling the housing crisis head on. Building more #SocialHomes is a no brainer!

Within 11 years the initial government funding to build the homes would be fully paid back. Over a 30 year period, building 90,000 social homes results in a £12bn profit for the taxpayer

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Important and timely from the CMA. The private development model will not deliver the homes the country needs.

We need a long term plan to increase affordable supply.

Really good series and a pleasure to co tribute. Thanks Tortoise & Lloyds Banking Group for the deep dive on housing. The grim stats out today show just how needed this work is. Brilliant to hear Susan Aktemel Rhys Moore and so many other inspiring experts.

Powerful speech from Keir Starmer tonight - talking about the scandal of child homelessness and the importance of a decent home as a foundation in life.

Pleased to take part in this excellent series. I talk about the need for a long term housing plan, a stable policy environment, and the impact of building safety costs on the social housing sector. #ukhousing Thanks to Lloyds Banking Group for taking this on.

Seven years on from the Grenfell fire, the latest figures show that, for over 50% of buildings with unsafe cladding, remedial works have not yet begun.

Labour MP Clive Betts tells #R4Today the 'government isn't helping' people who live in social housing.

Great report which is very clear about the need for long-term thinking:

'...a government eager to address the problems we outline here should first fix short-termism – primarily through changes to the fiscal framework and strong political direction.'

Gyda annibyniaeth, mae'r Comisiwn yn rhagweld diffyg yn y gyllideb o £10bn-£14bn pob blwyddyn.

Cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru yw £20bn y flwyddyn.

Sŵn sydd yn tynnu sylw oddi ar y gwaith caled o godi safonau byw.

Delighted to be speaking at Board Excellence in Housing, 1-2 February in Manchester. This is going to be one of our most collaborative #NHFBoards at a key time for our sector. invt.io/1txbuvbsvu9

I do think the change in political tone and urgency we are going to see on this next year will be abrupt. If Lab win a majority we go from a Con govt whose base are largely insulated from housing crisis to a Lab govt whose base is drawn from those hit hardest. Massive shift in…

Today, ahead of #GE24 , we set out what a long-term #PlanForHousing could achieve, providing #AffordableHomes for the millions of people in need.

To fix the #HousingCrisis short-term thinking on housing must end.

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In case you missed it: the government allocated £6bn in funding to help cut energy use and bills in a million homes from 2025 to 2028. The £6bn has been allocated through several pots of grant funding, some of which is applicable to National Housing Federation members: housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs…

The focus is understandably always on young adults falling home ownership, but they also have far less access to social housing. You need both trends to understand why millennials at age 30 were FOUR times more likely to be renting privately than babyboomers were at that age