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Excellent piece in The Times today about Peabody. One hundred and sixty two years after it was founded, Peabody is one of the country’s largest housing associations. It manages 108,000 homes in London and the surrounding counties, in which about 225,000 people live. The article highlights the scale of the housing crisis in London and across the country, but as Ian McDermott (he/him) rightly says this crisis can “…only be solved by an increase in the amount of social housing that we build nationally.” The piece references the recently published research commissioned by the National Housing Federation and Shelter and undertaken by Cebr. This research shows that not only can the housing crisis be solved, but that this can be done in a way that will save the taxpayer money, boost jobs and bring huge benefits to the wider economy. Absolutely spot on from Ian McDermott (he/him) saying: “There needs to be a long-term housing plan that is signed up to by all [political parties]. That long-term plan has to include significant quantities of new-build, social rented homes if we’re going to solve the housing crisis.” #PlanForHousing #housingassociation #ukhousing

https://lnkd.in/enREVGas So the Frome "housing crisis" gets into The Times, or do we blame The Guardian for pushing Frome's character out to the masses 🤣. Anyway I am glad I'm from north Essex...I've dodged a bullet here This issue is not unique to Frome, and is being played out up and down the country. Many towns have similar issues with not enough homes or too many new homes at the higher ends of the economic scale with no obvious or coherent thoughts on community interaction or the wider infrastructure. Frome in particular has constraints topographically with the hills and narrow streets which provide its character but restrict central development opportunities of significant scale. From what I see there are some good opportunities for smaller developers to revive some dormant land/buildings, alas the number of units and the type would be limited and may not solve the problems raised. Is there a solution, yes there has to be, but it would not be utopian and obviously requires trade offs to look at developments that bring in the right housing across the economic scale alongside the right infrastructure to connect the dots and enhance what Frome already offers. It is big ideas are needed not just short term site by site tick boxes with economical and political wins. This means give and take at political, community, land owner and developer levels to work together and find the right solutions, and not just in Frome. Here's a thought maybe a non-partisan unique master plan vision that looks to the future of Frome long term....

More housing coming with Winnipeg's cash injection, but will it be affordable? Contact me to discuss the latest scoop in real estate! #experiencedrealtor #manitoba #manitobahomes #manitobarealestate #manitobarealtor #manitobahousing #manitobarentals #realestate #realtor #manitobarealtor

Charity members and duties when voting. There is of course wider, non-legal points, in this story. But the headline alone caught my attention on 'shareholders' voting on certain actions by a charity. The charity in question is a registered society as opposed to e.g. a company or SCIO. Where members (or 'shareholders') are making decisions for a charity, they need to consider what duties they might owe when exercising their vote. There are specific rules on SCIO member duties. On companies (and perhaps then by extension registered societies), it brings us to the Supreme Court decision on the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK). More on that here... https://lnkd.in/dmuXTp7 https://lnkd.in/eBbBcEx7

Last month, HAC and many of its friends gathered in Washington, DC for our National Rural Housing Conference. This year’s theme was “Build Rural”. There is a lot behind that theme. 🏠 It describes what we all do: we build rural housing, communities, knowledge, and prosperity. 🏠It reminds us that thriving rural communities don’t happen by accident—they are built. 🏠It inspires us to build a better, stronger future across rural America. 🏠And, it calls us to action: find solutions and forge coalitions that will build rural prosperity. But, most importantly, the success of building rural relies on the strength of our connections. We are united by the knowledge there are others out there that share our desire to do good for rural communities. So, this #GivingTuesday and all through the giving season, let’s build rural! We hope you will consider making a gift that will build rural housing, communities, knowledge, and prosperity. https://loom.ly/qosPtbY

Branthaven's contribution to Mohawk will bolster a five-year workforce development strategy, focusing on leveraging City School's rapid skills training programs and other assets to address acute workforce shortages in the construction sector: https://lnkd.in/g2D8kZBE 

The need to address the regulatory barriers that restrict new housing has become a rare point of bipartisan agreement as the housing shortage has gotten more acute. While restrictive zoning is not the only reason housing costs are high in the United States, it does play a major role in limiting housing development, especially in parts of the country with high paying jobs in fast-growing industries. In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. These policies range from substantive revisions to zoning codes to procedural reforms to the land use approval process via NYU Furman Center's Benjamin Hitchcock.

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. A new series of seven papers published by the NYU Furman Center, with funding from the The Pew Charitable Trusts, shows how specific land use reforms have affected outcomes on the ground, especially in residential areas. “This is a moment of ferment—and experimentation—in land use policy,” writes Noah Kazis, former Legal Fellow at the NYU Furman Center and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in the series introduction to “Learning from Land Use Reforms.” “There are no silver bullets here – as there so rarely are.” Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution to the nation’s housing shortage, this series of papers reviews and evaluates the outcomes of an array of policy options for promoting housing production, in locations ranging from a quiet suburb in New York to state-wide policies in California. By examining areas across the country with varying local characteristics, the papers offer insights into how a range of policy options have played out in the real world via Benjamin Hitchcock. https://lnkd.in/egfTv_BH #affordablehousing #housingcrisis #zoningreform #housingpolicy #landuse

Your United Way Simcoe Muskoka is proud to endorse this op-ed which has been published. By working together, there is a pathway to addressing current housing challenges across the province. https://lnkd.in/gPuBEATP