Reform's housing spokesman, the former head of Homes England — which has done such a very excellent job of funding affordable homes in this country — dismisses the Grenfell tragedy: "Everyone dies."
Callous cunt.
Lets Rethink Housing: Surely we can do something now? Without new laws?
Say we’ve agreed on a better housing system.
The laws are coming.
The machinery is spinning up.
But while we’re waiting…
surely we can start doing something?
Lets Rethink Housing: Surely we can do something now? Without new laws? So let’s imagine this has gone well. We’ve got a solid idea. We’ve persuaded a government to back it. The legislation is bein…
Lets Rethink Housing: Right — so what would this actually look like in practice?
We’ve talked about incentives.
So what would a real alternative actually look like?
Not theory.
Not slogans.
Just something that could work.
Right — so what would this actually look like in practice? What if we could unlock land, build homes, and offer investors a boring alternative to property — without confiscation, forced sales, or b…
Lets Rethink Housing: People use housing as an investment — could we find a better alternative?
Does investing really need to mean owning the thing itself?
We don’t do that with roads or power.
So why housing?
People use housing as an investment — could we find a better alternative? If housing became the default place to put savings because everything else felt worse, what would a boring, stable alternat…
Can we actually encourage developers and land-bankers to build?
If building homes is how developers make money…
why wouldn’t they be building?
Maybe the question isn’t greed —
maybe it’s incentives.
Can we actually encourage developers and land-bankers to build? If land-banking and delayed building are often rational responses to risk and incentives, what would need to change for building home…
We plan roads.
We plan water.
We plan power.
So why don’t we plan housing the same way?
Surely — housing is as important as roads and water? A conversational look at why housing fits the definition of infrastructure, and what changes when we start planning it with the same seriousness…
We didn’t set out to speculate on housing.
We wanted somewhere to live. Somewhere for our family.
So when did homes start feeling like something to bet on?
Should homes really be treated like something to bet on? A conversational look at how speculation quietly reshaped UK housing — and the contradiction at the heart of treating homes as investments.…
Vacant land. Long waiting lists. Rising prices.
Maybe the question isn’t why isn’t anyone building?
Maybe it’s why waiting has become the sensible choice.
Why does so much land sit empty while housing need keeps growing? A conversational look at why waiting, holding, and delaying have become the sensible choice in UK housing — and what that means for…
Newly formed housing provider SettleParadigm has completed the acquisition of 3,500 homes from housing association giant L&Q, following a merger finalized in October. The transfer brings SettleParadigm’s total portfolio to approximately 30,000 homes, highlighting the growing role of institutional scale in improving operational efficiency and service delivery. #InstitutionalRealignment #UKHousing
https://archup.net/settleparadigm-acquisition-housing-restructuring-2026/
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