Those changes could be made quickly with some clear direction from the top. Double benefit of more homes being built and more affordable too.

There is so much opportunity to streamline the application process and multi-layered approvals needed in the current Planning system, especially for smaller sites and sites where 100% affordable housing is being delivered by Housing Associations with grant. 1/2

Absolutely!

"the easiest way of reaching all the people your messaging is intended for" - given all the algorithms, isn't that a huge assumption? (Their's, rather than your's). Is their audience on X? Are their messages getting through and not being drowned out by the dross?

Thanks for the reply and the link. That's a shame. Perhaps @pmsmith.bsky.social can provide access. @housingtoday.bsky.social comes as part of your @cihhousing.bsky.social membership. Maybe they can organise you to get a login (given your the minister, and all...)

Hi. Just completed your form. Can you amend to include Yorkshire and the Humber as a region in its own right please? Feeling a bit marginalised!?! 😉

Good coverage of what we all know needs to be done to start chipping away at the housing crisis. But to be clear the £11.5bn for 90,000 homes is the public subsidy. Housing Associations will invest at least as much as that on top to deliver all those new homes.

Bravo!

Absolutely Andrew. And we at @connecthousing.bsky.social are delighted to be working with Calder Valley CLT on this and other projects.

Hi Barbara. The details of how the scheme works are here www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/growing-the-...
The current scheme is closed I believe, but I'm encouraging WYCA to run more rounds so that more people can join in.

There are likely to be 140 families locally that want them and can afford them. The real question is what are we (society) doing for the 14000* who are in need of better housing in that locality that probably can't afford them.
* 14000 is a total guess for effect, but I bet I'm not far wrong!