Housing Sector

Housing Sector

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“Championing collaboration between residents and housing providers | Advocating for fairness, transparency, and sustainable solutions in the UK housing sector | Building bridges for better communities.”

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Ebrahim Forensic Accountant Guy 💚.
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#politics #government #London #Manchester #Birmingham #housing #socialhousing @andyburnham.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @manchestereveningnews.co.uk @sheltercharity.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @mirror.co.uk @thetimes.com

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youtu.be/9lpXG8hrWis?... #Leasehold #Leaseholders #Leaseholder #Sharedownership #Sharedowners #Sharedowner #servicecharge #servicecharges #lease #leases #marriagevalue #premium #BBCLauraK #BBC @lbc.co.uk @privateeyenews.bsky.social #HarryScoffin @news.sky.com @itvnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com

youtu.beLeasehold Comments by Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP Housing Minister October 2026 on BBC1.YouTube video by Ebrahim Piperdy
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Whose failure, whose homes? Ben and Suz discuss GreenSquareAccord’s G3/V3 downgrade and reliance on selling social homes to support its finances. Why should residents’ homes become the exit plan for failures at the top? #HousingSector #GreenSquareAccord

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Are councils so short of suitable providers that they must return to those already failing regulatory standards? Walsall’s proposed £1.4m #GreenSquareAccord deal raises difficult questions. www.housingsector.co.uk/blog/what-do... #SocialHousing #Walsall

housingsector.co.ukWalsall’s £1.4m GreenSquareAccord Deal Raises Questions — Housing SectorWalsall proposes a £1.4m GreenSquareAccord contract after its regulatory downgrade. We examine the safeguards and discrepancies in the council’s papers.
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Housing Sector Short: Who’s Listening to Residents? Ben and Suz from SHAC discuss unheard warnings, bringing resident voices together and why evidence matters. #HousingSector #SHAC #SocialHousing

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Clarion said there were “no service failures”. Weeks later, it acknowledged “several failures”. Then the focus increasingly shifted towards the resident: her language, contact and behaviour. DARVO in Action - What It Looks and Feels Like. www.housingsector.co.uk/blog/darvo-i...

housingsector.co.ukDARVO in Action: A Clarion Housing Resident’s Story — Housing SectorSarah Killick’s battle with Clarion Housing reveals repair failures, complaint restrictions and a breakdown in trust. Is this what DARVO looks like?

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www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #housingassociation #housingassociations #Awaabslaw #Grenfell #socialhousing #ITVNewsLondon @theguardian.com @news.sky.com @thetimes.com @mirror.co.uk @manchestereveningnews.co.uk @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social

theguardian.comAwaab’s law is not working, say social housing tenants stuck in mouldy homesResidents say new legislation in England forcing landlords to fix dangerous hazards is not improving conditions

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Ebrahim Forensic Accountant Guy 💚.
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www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/decisions/no... #Awaabslaw #Damp #Mould #housingassociation #housing #socialhousing #housingassociations @lbc.co.uk @news.sky.com @itvnews.bsky.social Resident complained: -Bathroom leaks 17 years. -Asthma chronic lung disease children. -Repossession notice wrong.

housing-ombudsman.org.ukNotting Hill Genesis (202439478) - Housing OmbudsmanDecision Case ID 202439478 Decision type Investigation Landlord Notting Hill Genesis Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 30 July 2026 Background The resident lives with her...

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Data collated about #housingassociations, 3 or more infringements/potential infringements. Themes of: -Right of Access -Lawfulness, Fairness and -Transparency and Integrity and Confidentiality Principle. #InformationCommissioner #data #statistics #socialhousing #housing #housingassociation

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Some data created from the Information Commissioner's website about housing associations. @skynewsrss.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk @theguardian.com @mirror.co.uk @thetimes.com @financialtimes.com @manchestereveningnews.co.uk @kentonline.co.uk

Ebrahim Forensic Accountant Guy 💚.@ebrahimovic9566.bsky.social

Data collated about #housingassociations, 3 or more infringements/potential infringements. Themes of: -Right of Access -Lawfulness, Fairness and -Transparency and Integrity and Confidentiality Principle. #InformationCommissioner #data #statistics #socialhousing #housing #housingassociation

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Housing Sector Short – Paying to Prove Your Home Is Unsafe Residents raised £4,360 to commission their own fire engineering report. In this interview, a resident describes the struggle to secure enforcement over missing fire doors and challenge official responses to their evidence.

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Does Housing Have an Events Problem? Part II — and surely even my harshest critics can give me this one: at least two housing events this year simply should not have happened. www.housingsector.co.uk/blog/does-ho... #SocialHousing #HousingEvents #Accountability #HousingSector

housingsector.co.ukDoes Housing Have an Events Problem? Part II — Housing SectorBen Jenkins examines David Stevenson’s Regener8 summits, their claimed impact and the legal, police and financial threats that followed scrutiny.
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More than 40 housing-sector events in eight months — and still more to come. At what point does the sector admit it has an events problem? www.housingsector.co.uk/blog/does-ho... #Housing #SocialHousing #HousingSector #ResidentEngagement #ValueForMoney

housingsector.co.ukDoes Housing Have an Events Problem? — Housing SectorDoes housing have an events problem? With more than 40 housing-related conferences, summits and awards already identified in 2026, I look at the scale, cost and culture surrounding the sector’s events...
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Housing Sector Short – What Happens When a Housing Association Fails? If housing associations could consistently make homes safe, warm and dry, surely they would already be doing it. So what happens when the problem becomes bigger than the organisation’s ability to fix it?

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𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 — 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲, 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 Housing associations talk a great deal about openness, transparency, resident voice and engagement. But real engagement means listening when the feedback is difficult, inconvenient or uncomfortable. #HousingSector #BenJenkins

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Housing Sector Short — Ben Jenkins vs GreenSquareAccord: Part 1 When speaking out leads to legal threats. In November 2024, Siân Berry MP raised my experience with #GreenSquareAccord during a House of Commons debate on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation — SLAPPs.

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We have a right to ask questions. If you claim to represent us, govern us or provide our homes, you should be prepared to answer them. www.housingsector.co.uk/blog/when-th... #SocialHousing #ResidentVoice #TenantVoice #HousingAccountability #ResidentEngagement

housingsector.co.ukWhen the Sector’s Own Code Meets Reality — Housing SectorThe National Housing Federation has again published its Code of Conduct, setting out the standards of behaviour, culture and accountability it believes should apply across the social housing sector. I...
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Housing Sector Short — Three Tips for Residents Struggling to Be Heard and Supported When you’ve spent months chasing answers, repeating yourself and getting nowhere, giving up can start to feel like the only option.

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Housing Sector Short — Get Off Your Arse Sometimes the message to senior leaders in housing needs to be simple. #HousingSector #HousingSectorPodcast #TenantVoice #SocialHousing #HousingAssociation #CouncilHousing #ResidentEngagement #HousingRepairs #Accountability #TikTokHousing

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Housing Sector Short – Does TPAS Really Represent Tenants? #TPAS presents itself as the voice of tenants, but does this promotional video reflect the experiences of people living in social housing, shared ownership or leasehold properties? #TennantEngagement

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A #GreenSquareAccord project is now being sold by Creative Bridge. Who owns it, who profits, and where is the evidence behind the claimed 43% fall in complaints? www.greensquareaccordresidents.co.uk/the-trials-o... #SocialHousing #Transparency #Governance #SteveHayes #SophieAtkinson #RuthCooke

greensquareaccordresidents.co.ukThe Trials of Mrs Tranter — GreenSquareAccord ResidentsGreenSquareAccord residents question who owns and profits from The Trials of Mrs Tranter, as unverified claims of a 43% complaints reduction are used to market the training programme.
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Following rumours of a potential merger involving #GreenSquareAccord and @MidlandHeart, I contacted both organisations directly. How refreshing to receive a professional response from Midland Heart, while GreenSquareAccord continues to hide behind its blanket refusal to engage

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Disputed service charges shouldn’t be “pay first, argue later.” This is a fair and transparent proposal that residents and good landlords should both support. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767125 #Housing #ServiceCharges #SocialHousing #BenJenkins @shacaction.bsky.social

petition.parliament.ukPetition: Allow disputed landlord service charges be paid to courts for better justiceMake it possible for tenant/leaseholders to pay disputed service charges to a court. The funds will then only pass to landlords if they can prove the charge's legitimacy within a specified timeframe. ...
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Disputed service charges shouldn’t be “pay first, argue later.” This is a fair and transparent proposal that residents and good landlords should both support. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767125 #Housing #ServiceCharges #SocialHousing #BenJenkins @shacaction.bsky.social

petition.parliament.ukPetition: Allow disputed landlord service charges be paid to courts for better justiceMake it possible for tenant/leaseholders to pay disputed service charges to a court. The funds will then only pass to landlords if they can prove the charge's legitimacy within a specified timeframe. ...
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Missing invoices. Rising service charges. Same patterns across landlords. Is this failure — or a playbook? www.housingsector.co.uk/blog/the-service-charge-playbook #HousingSector #ServiceCharges #SocialHousing #Accountability #BenJenkins #GreenSquareAccord #Peabody

housingsector.co.ukThe Service Charge Playbook — Housing SectorAn in-depth investigation into service charges in the social housing sector, examining missing invoices, transparency failures, and governance concerns across housing associations including Peabody an...