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More people and organisations with an interest in housing who are active on Bluesky
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@julesbirch.bsky.social
@nlc-movement.bsky.social
Founder of the National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) in 2017 with a clear aim to Abolish Leasehold and mandate Commonhold. Also to end Fleecehold - Estate Management. https://www.nationalleaseholdcampaign.org/
@sousxie2.bsky.social
CEO Capital Letters. Passionate about social housing & homelessness, delivering creative solutions for challenging problems. All views expressed my own.
@cjayanetti.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits - these days mainly for the Observer, Big Issue and Politics Home. Not a tribalist. I like good things and I don't like bad things.
@jamesriding.bsky.social
Living Markets Editor at Inside Housing | Book reviews in The Times | Press Awards 30 Under 30 2024 | james.riding@oceanmedia.co.uk
@epybus.bsky.social
social policy - social justice, social security, land reform, poverty, climate change, global justice, housing...and more...mostly here to listen...plus chess ♟, house plants 🪴, woodland crofts 🌲, music 🎶, and occasional macrame 🧶.
@grainnecuffe.bsky.social
Deputy news editor at Inside Housing grainne.cuffe@oceanmedia.co.uk
@capitallettersldn.bsky.social
The socially responsible, not-for-profit, housing company owned by our member London boroughs - we are working to end homelessness in London. https://capitalletters.org.uk/
@jamrat.co.uk
Interested in politics, policy, communities, making the UK better, #UKHousing, Norwich City FC and whisky.
@lmacfarlane.bsky.social
Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’
@ronpdavis.bsky.social
Husband, dad, progressive policy and politics guy who wants to fix our cities. Will never give into MAGA weirdos. Follow my newsletter at rondezvous.beehiiv.com
@marianneh.bsky.social
Workingtonian in Liverpool (home)/Manchester (work), UK. Architect working on tools and processes for better building retrofit, mostly in houses, mostly for coops and community energy orgs.
@gerraint.bsky.social
Building affordable homes with @PlatformHg.bsky.social #Mentor Non Exec Director & Chair @chcymru.bsky.social RAF veteran. Hates cucumber. Gair-eye-nt #Cycling Mentor
@lizlaine.bsky.social
Sustainable homes, resilient communities, strategic #retrofit, data geekery, policy wonkery and the good life. #ukhousing #energyefficiency #proptech
@davidrigby5.bsky.social
International man of mystery. Also likes rugby league (St Helens) and beer.
@chits.bsky.social
Policy manager at a charity. Lover of all policy, the less I understand the more I love it. Also obsessed with the simpsons, musicals and the MCU. Views are my own. He/Him
@hillsidepaul.bsky.social
Housing consultant, socialist, beer drinker, Ebbw Vale Rugby, cyclist & chicken keeper.
@halfricehalfchips.bsky.social
• Research and evaluation methods, data and public policy • PhD in progress on health policy evaluation • Occasional freelancing in health inequality and homelessness. 🇲🇾🇹🇷🏴
@chcymru.bsky.social
Community Housing Cymru is the membership body for Welsh housing associations | Cartrefi Cymunedol Cymru yw corff aelodaeth cymdeithasau tai yng Nghymru.
@rachelleearwaker.bsky.social
Former Senior Economist at JRF, Kiwi in London, bearer of grim statistics but hopeful they will become less grim. Ex New Zealand Treasury. Likely talking about housing, poverty, living standards, and how economic conditions actually impact people's lives.
@elliotrossiter.bsky.social
Philosophy prof at Douglas College. Currently working on the Changing the Conversation project. Mostly interested in reading stuff related to housing, cities, and justice.
@timpinder.bsky.social
A music loving , arts going , wine drinking , SaleSharks supporting , politically engaged Altrincham based Social Housing guy.
@clhlondon.bsky.social
We support people making homes together. #Cohousing #CommunityLandTrusts #CooperativeHousing #Co-op #Housing www.communityledhousing.london
@stevehilditch.bsky.social
Housing. Labour-ish Politics. Geography. Newcastle United. North Paddington/Queens Park for 50 years but still a Geordie. #nufc @redbrickblog @labourhousing
@jamesdyson.bsky.social
Clean heat and warm homes campaigner for climate thinktank E3G. A running, cycling, gardening, boat dwelling Londoner
@thehousingforum.bsky.social
A Quality Home For All - The cross-sector, public & private #ukhousing industry membership body representing 150+ organisations. RT ≠ endorsement https://housingforum.org.uk/
@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social
Director of FEANTSA (www.feantsa.org) Posting on #homelessness, housing & EU social policy
@phillm.bsky.social
Manc, council house lad. British Army (10 Regt RCT) veteran, former GMFRS firefighter, Fire Engineer & fire data researcher. Prematurely medically retired with Menière’s: going deaf, permanently dizzy. Partner, dad, brother to 4 amazing sisters. He/Him.
@cohousingscotland.bsky.social
We're a charity supporting innovative housing solutions. We believe in cooperative housing that is run by the residents themselves. https://cohousing.scot
@mspry.bsky.social
Senior Director and Head of London Office at Lichfields, planning and development consultancy | Non Executive Director at Repton Property Devts | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences | Muswell Hill resident | Empty vessel
@ingyingram.bsky.social
Posting on public policy etc. while surgeons + physios fix me | Vice Chair, Patients' Voices @rcoanews.bsky.social | Former int'l civil servant + NGOs on human rights + development | A Jew, obviously | https://linktr.ee/jamesingram
@darlingtom.bsky.social
Director of the Renters’ Reform Coalition. Posting personal views on housing and politics.
@bspiesbutcher.bsky.social
Political economist and sociologist @mqsociology.bsky.social Public finance, social policy, climate and inequality. Co-Director, Australian Basic Income Lab @ausbasicincome.bsky.social
@juliathrift.bsky.social
People, places, public health, policy... director of healthier place-making @theTCPA.bsky.social; trustee @TreesForCities.bsky.social Lives in south London, interested in the world... My own views, sometimes here: https://authory.com/juliathrift
@duncanstott.bsky.social
Geeky YIMBY liberal Housing, politics, liberalism and growth Oxford UK
@robzowski.bsky.social
Personal account | Director of Planning & Building Standards, London Borough of Haringey | Chief Planner 🏛️ | Best Planning Authority 2024! 🏆 www.linkedin.com/in/robzowski
@tpkennedy.bsky.social
Work in housing policy in the North of England, like building houses, the England cricket team and Newcastle United 🏡🏗️🏏🌑⚪️
@seanfitzsimons.bsky.social
Cities, Croydon, Housing, Class, Data, Politics, London, Music, Labour & Co-op Party, Addiscombe West Councillor @CroydonSean on twitter
@geordiegraeme.bsky.social
Exiled Geordie. Town planner, part-time urban designer. Passionate about making great places. Long suffering Newcastle United fan and avid Football Manager player.
@essexhousing.bsky.social
Interested in Housing Law, legal aid, access to justice and other stuff. Legal advice at Essex Law Clinic, Lecturer at Essex Law School.
@cllrmarcus.bsky.social
Labour Co-op Councillor for Deansgate in Manchester City Centre 🐝 Chair of Economy & Regeneration. Occasional thinker.
@sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social
Researching all things policymaking at Institute for Government
@marleygmiller.bsky.social
Associate Director, Politics and Public Policy, Global Counsel. Former economic advisor to Rachel Reeves and Treasury official. Posts mainly about housing, energy and economic policy
@generationrent.bsky.social
The voice of private renters. We campaign to make our homes safe, secure and affordable. Team behind #VentYourRent and #HomesNotHotels https://linktr.ee/GenerationRentUK
@davehillonlondon.bsky.social
Publisher and editor of journalism website OnLondon.co.uk. Also does: https://davehillonlondon.substack.com/ Plus documentary podcasts for The London Society, fiction and sketches as John Vane. Busy.
@stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Regeneration at University of Cambridge, Land Economy. Fellow of Downing College. Economic Geography & Planning: Local Economic Development, Urban and Regional Transformations. 🇮🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧
@cassierbarton.bsky.social
Statistician at the House of Commons Library. Housing, demography and the census. I also make a lot of dashboards but they're the good kind, I swear.
@andrewcities.bsky.social
Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own.
@ekd.bsky.social
Academic lawyer at the University of Bristol, interested in lots, including inquests & death, social welfare, housing/homelessness, planning, administrative and constitutional law. Firm believer in nuance and context.
@katieschmuecker.bsky.social
Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
@hannahfearn.bsky.social
Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent. Find me in The i Paper, The New European, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
@greyskiesthinking.bsky.social
Research, analysis & grey-skies thinking on labour markets, social security, public finance & equality. Usual disclaimer. @declangaffney@mstdn.social. 🇮🇪 Profile pic is Takashi Shimura with Toshiro oMifune in Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949).
@mikebrewerecon.bsky.social
Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). He/him
@grindrod.bsky.social
Social historian of modern places. Wrote Concretopia and Iconicon. Next book on suburban LGBTQ history. Also, maps. Disappointingly unserious. New podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
@joesarling.bsky.social
Strategic Director at @gmmoving.co.uk 🐝 Economist working on #systemchange & prevention in physical activity, health & placemaking ▪ Geeky about devolution, housing, social impact ▪ FRSA ❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
@henryoverman.bsky.social
Economics, Cities, Policy. Professor, London School of Economics. Research Director Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social. Director @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social. President @urbaneconomics.bsky.social
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@jrf-uk.bsky.social
We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish. https://www.jrf.org.uk/
@helenbarnard.bsky.social
Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
@antoniabance.bsky.social
Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley. Member of the Business and Trade select committee. Trade unionist, mama.
@julesbirch.bsky.social
Journalist interested in anything connected with housing. Which means just about everything. Doctorate in housing since the financial crisis