Sue Edmonds
@sousxie2.bsky.social
CEO Capital Letters. Passionate about social housing & homelessness, delivering creative solutions for challenging problems. All views expressed my own.
So excited about what happens next! @paulabarkermp.bsky.social was a fantastic Chair for the Roundtable & attendance was standing room only. A big thank you to everyone - the quality of discussion focussing on the solutions to the issues was inspiring. Watch this space - actions to follow!
November 19, 2024 at 5:16 PM
So excited about what happens next! @paulabarkermp.bsky.social was a fantastic Chair for the Roundtable & attendance was standing room only. A big thank you to everyone - the quality of discussion focussing on the solutions to the issues was inspiring. Watch this space - actions to follow!
Reposted by Sue Edmonds
Great to speak @capitallettersldn.bsky.social event on empty homes and talk about the need for a new SI and guidance to reform the EDMO system, something I’ve been calling for over a number of years
Capital Letters (@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/
capitallettersldn.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Great to speak @capitallettersldn.bsky.social event on empty homes and talk about the need for a new SI and guidance to reform the EDMO system, something I’ve been calling for over a number of years
Looking forward to the conversation & commitment to action!
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Looking forward to the conversation & commitment to action!
So here I am on @bsky.app Still a newbie but planning to use it like Twitter (sorry ... can't call it X) to shine a light on the #housing & #homelessness crisis & highlight possible solutions (beware reader - there is no silver bullet!).
Looking forward to engaging in the conversation.
Looking forward to engaging in the conversation.
November 18, 2024 at 7:48 AM
So here I am on @bsky.app Still a newbie but planning to use it like Twitter (sorry ... can't call it X) to shine a light on the #housing & #homelessness crisis & highlight possible solutions (beware reader - there is no silver bullet!).
Looking forward to engaging in the conversation.
Looking forward to engaging in the conversation.
Reposted by Sue Edmonds
I think this is an interesting and important video on British housing history and the current crisis. It features contributions from myself and Charlie Trew of Shelter ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpL...
How Britain (Almost) Solved the Housing Crisis
YouTube video by Tom Nicholas
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I think this is an interesting and important video on British housing history and the current crisis. It features contributions from myself and Charlie Trew of Shelter ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpL...
Reposted by Sue Edmonds
The plaque reads 'District Nurse 1929'. It's on a small detached council house in Puttenham, Surrey, built by Guildford Rural District Council in that year. It's a great example of how local councils met the varied needs of their communities in what we would now call a 'joined-up' way.
November 12, 2024 at 5:44 PM
The plaque reads 'District Nurse 1929'. It's on a small detached council house in Puttenham, Surrey, built by Guildford Rural District Council in that year. It's a great example of how local councils met the varied needs of their communities in what we would now call a 'joined-up' way.
Reposted by Sue Edmonds
This is a great article from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social (not just because it mentions me): a proper corrective to the dewy-eyed romanticism around slum living and unfair criticisms of modernist council housing.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/would-you-ha...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/would-you-ha...
Would you have stayed in London's 'tight knit' communities?
New research challenges our nostalgia for a world where family stayed close and neighbours were on hand to lend a pint of milk
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:52 AM
This is a great article from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social (not just because it mentions me): a proper corrective to the dewy-eyed romanticism around slum living and unfair criticisms of modernist council housing.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/would-you-ha...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/would-you-ha...
Reposted by Sue Edmonds
2/ He saw council housing as serving general needs and famously aspired to it re-creating the 'living tapestry of a mixed community'. The Moorlands Estate in Bath, which he officially opened in February 1948, came close to his ideal.
November 15, 2024 at 8:01 AM
2/ He saw council housing as serving general needs and famously aspired to it re-creating the 'living tapestry of a mixed community'. The Moorlands Estate in Bath, which he officially opened in February 1948, came close to his ideal.
Reposted by Sue Edmonds
1/ Aneurin Bevan, born on this day in 1897. As Labour's Minister of Health and Housing, 1945-51, he built 805,000 council houses whilst insisting on high standards: homes were one-third bigger than the pre-war average, a three-bed home had two inside toilets.
November 15, 2024 at 8:01 AM
1/ Aneurin Bevan, born on this day in 1897. As Labour's Minister of Health and Housing, 1945-51, he built 805,000 council houses whilst insisting on high standards: homes were one-third bigger than the pre-war average, a three-bed home had two inside toilets.