Chief Executive Lifestone Housing
High Wycombe, England
Joined October 2015
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Matthew Bailes retweeted
"More affordable homes are essential, not just to house those who need them, but also to ensure overall supply keeps pace with overall demand."
@MB4Paradigm for our #PlanForHousing series 🏠
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Really encouraged by the reply from @Miatsf to my question on funding for net zero - moving away from bidding rounds to mainstream funding. I hope Treasury agrees! #ukhousing #housingsummit
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Interesting piece. But I do wonder whether there is political will in the West to make the changes that are needed.
Martin Wolf: Increased longevity will bring profound social change on.ft.com/4bckHRS
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Matthew Bailes retweeted
Shocking new data from @luhc
🚨145,800 - Record no. of children in temp accom
🚨15,950 - Record no. of households in bed & breakfast since 1998
🚨59,850 - Record no. of Main Duty Acceptances since the 2017 Homelessness Reduction Act
With a #PlanForHousing 🏘️we CAN solve this.
ALT Rising line graph representing the number of children and households in temp accom.
ALT Rising line graph representing the no. of housing in bed and breakfast accom
ALT Rising line graph of the no. of households accepted as homeless
Matthew Bailes retweeted
South East consortium warns of 830,000 shortfall in social housing over next decade dlvr.it/T62flD #ukhousing
I am in favour of professionalisation - but very much against the Government piling on more and more regulatory burdens and/or trying to providers how to run their businesses...
The push to professionalise the sector shows shows the government’s lack of strategy on regulation dlvr.it/T5jMbN #ukhousing
Interesting piece. I think we should welcome and embrace a debate on shared ownership #ukhousing
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Matthew Bailes retweeted
13,600 children in the South East are living in temporary accommodation. This disrupts their education and puts huge pressure on families. Hannah Manyewu, Executive Director - Customer, and Paradigm, support @natfednews long-term #PlanForHousing to end child homelessness by 2035.
ALT Hannah Manyewu, Executive Director - Customer, holds up a purple sign that reads: #PlanForHousing to end child homelessness.
This is an accurate account of the challenges faced by Housing Associations. The uncomfortable truth is that our ability to build new homes is reducing almost as quickly as the need for them is going up #PlanForHousing
Housing associations in England warn ‘we can’t build houses’ on.ft.com/3J78bXa
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Proud to be involved in this campaign. The housing crisis is causing immense harm to millions unable to afford a decent, secure and affordable home. It is also damaging the economy and costing taxpayers a fortune. We need a serious long-term housing plan. #PlanForHousing
Our CEO @MB4Paradigm announces our support of @natfednews' #PlanForHousing. By 2035, we could:
- End child homelessness
- Halve overcrowding
- Build social homes for 1M more people
- Ensure decent homes for 7M more families
- Improve affordability
- Boost regional productivity
ALT Paradigm CEO Matthew Bailes, smiling, holds a sign that reads "#PlanForHousing to fix the housing crisis".
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My reflections on a fabulous trip to Australia. #ukhousing
What England’s social housing system could learn from down under.
@MB4Paradigm recently attended a housing conference in Melbourne. Here he compares the Australian and English social housing systems and finds much to like in the former #housing housingtoday.co.uk/comment/l…
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Matthew Bailes retweeted
We need a #PlanForHousing 🏠
🚨There are more homeless children today than ever on record.
🚨More than 140,000 children are currently living in temporary accommodation.
This is Bri's story... 📽️
Well worth a look. Yet more evidence of the urgent need for a long-term housing strategy #ukhousing
Lots of countries have housing challenges – so how exceptional is the UK's housing crisis?
Very.
We pay higher prices to live in smaller, older and poorer-quality homes.
🆕 Research available now ⤵️ resolutionfoundation.org/pub…
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Diabolical figures and a symptom of long-term policy failures #ukhousing
Shameful new @luhc data shows a record 142,490 children are living in temp accom.
It doesn’t need to be like this. A #PlanForHousing could end child homelessness by 2035.
housing.org.uk/our-work/a-lo…
ALT Graph showing increase in number of children and total households in temporary accomodation.
Matthew Bailes retweeted
“The NHF predicts that by 2045
👉the no. of children living in temporary accomm will rise from 131,000 to 310,000
👉social housing waiting lists will grow to 1.8mill households”
@LordWajidKhan in the @UKHouseofLords on our research & why we need a long-term #PlanForHousing
Matthew Bailes retweeted
We are in a #HousingEmergency. One that is affecting people on lower incomes in devastating ways.
We urge political parties on all sides to learn from history & commit to investing in homes & communities over the long term.
👉 housing.org.uk/our-work/a-lo…
Daft comments about affordability, but he's right about the risks of very high loan-to-value mortgages. More cash chasing limited supply just inflates prices. We need a long-term housing strategy that addresses the root causes of the problem #ukhousing
"It's not that difficult to get on the properly ladder."
NatWest chair Sir Howard Davies tells @amolrajan people 'have to save and that's the way it always used to be'.
Watch the full exchange ⬇️
#R4Today
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
“Accounting for inflation, house prices have risen by almost 160% since the mid-1990s while young people's incomes have grown by only 23%. This means that fewer and fewer can afford to get on the housing ladder.”
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My latest piece. Lots more pensioners will live in the private rented sector unless our housing system changes profoundly. They will be poor - and it will cost taxpayers a fortune #ukhousing
Our pension system combined with our housing crisis are a ticking time bomb dlvr.it/T099qD #ukhousing
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Woeful. The result of bad policy choices over many years #ukhousing
BREAKING: The number of children living in temporary accommodation in England has increased (again) to 138,000.
That’s an increase of 7,400 in 3 months, official data shows.
Another record broken. A heartbreaking
problem that is only getting worse.
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