Reposted by Alison WallaceJeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Section 1, Publlic Order Act 1936 (1) Subject as hereinafter provided, any person who in any public place or at any public meeting wears uniform signifying his association with any political organisation or with the promotion of any political object shall be guilty of an offence: 132
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 23/07/2026👏👏👏👏 www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/lords-b...insidehousing.co.ukLords back review of shared ownership to help address ‘horror’ of living in unsellable and unmortgageable homesThe House of Lords has backed an amendment to the Social Housing Bill calling for a comprehensive review of the shared ownership model in the first year. 021
Reposted by Alison WallacePete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In November, a lobbying firm approached me and asked to pay me to write articles critical of the Building Safety Regulator for newspapers. Filmed undercover, their staff admitted secretly paying reporters for copy in British newspapers friendly to their clients: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national pressExclusive: Guardian investigation of CT Group uncovers practice that appears to seek hidden influence over public opinion 25460266
Reposted by Alison WallaceEnd Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Nine years since Grenfell. Keir Starmer said its legacy would be one of the defining changes of his premiership. That promise has not been kept. Hundreds of thousands remain trapped in unsafe, unsellable homes. We are asking for an urgent meeting. Read our letter ⬇️ 297
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Good write up! @cathnlc.bsky.social @nlc-movement.bsky.social @jodarbyshire.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘The developers got greedy’: the women who took on the leasehold scandal – and wonKatie Kendrick, Cath Williams and Jo Darbyshire were subject to tens of thousands of pounds of hidden costs as their new-build freeholds soared in value, making their homes unsellable. Their campaign ... 212
Reposted by Alison WallaceLooking out to sea. @wildwildwind.bsky.social · 05/06/2026@alisonwyork.bsky.social propertyindustryeye.com/leasehold-ca...propertyindustryeye.comLeasehold campaigners blast anonymous group over reform challenge 'to protect profits' - Property Industry EyeLeasehold campaigners blast anonymous group over reform challenge 'to protect profits' - Breaking news for estate agents and the residential property industry. Independent, unbiased, and factual repor... 002
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Turns out financialised short cuts to more housing and affordability isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Who knew!? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comMore than £52m reserved for social housing at risk after collapse of investment firmsExclusive: 3,500 social homes could switch to private sector after companies run by Heylo Housing group go into administration 000
Reposted by Alison WallaceJess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This afternoon I've been to a powerful installation about the experiences of neurodivergent children who are homeless, living in temporary accommodation. It's sobering how hard it must be, to be honest. 152
Reposted by Alison WallaceLouise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 05/05/2026If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2 9362168
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Very sad to hear of Giles Peaker’s @nearlylegal.co.uk passing. He was very generous with his time and engaged with many conversations, including about shared owners, leaseholders and importantly with those impacted. A real loss to housing law. nearlylegal.co.uk/2026/04/gile...nearlylegal.co.ukGiles Peaker - Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and CommentI am very sorry to announce that Giles passed away over the weekend. If and when there is further information that I can share, I will do so. For now, please take a moment to read the short obituary p... 120
Reposted by Alison WallaceMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 30/03/2026One of the country's finest libraries of books on town planning and housing policy - the Harry Simpson Memorial Library, currently located in Wisbech - is at risk of being pulped. Please publicise and support the campaign to save it. davemnt.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a...davemnt.wordpress.comA Homeless Library: The Library of the Housing Crisis?David Mountain, 27 March 2026.[1] In the storerooms of a little-known fenland museum is a treasure trove of rare books on town planning and housing policy, comprising an entire specialist library. … 22936
Reposted by Alison WallaceAlison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The Housing Studies Charitable Trust is seeking new Trustees to distribute proceeds from the journal to support housing education and scholarship. Please see advert and share widely. The role isn’t onerous and support important orgs and postdocs/ECR. www.thornbyassociates.co.uk/latest-news/...thornbyassociates.co.ukHousing Studies Charitable Trust Seeking New Trustees — Thornby AssociatesThe Housing Studies Charitable Trust (HSCT) is looking for three new members to join theBoard of Trustees, a vital part of their governance. 343
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 07/01/2026New paper from CODE ENCOUNTERS @nuffieldfoundation.org project on role of open banking and digital profiling in access to private renting in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 001
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The Housing Studies Charitable Trust is seeking new Trustees to distribute proceeds from the journal to support housing education and scholarship. Please see advert and share widely. The role isn’t onerous and support important orgs and postdocs/ECR. www.thornbyassociates.co.uk/latest-news/...thornbyassociates.co.ukHousing Studies Charitable Trust Seeking New Trustees — Thornby AssociatesThe Housing Studies Charitable Trust (HSCT) is looking for three new members to join theBoard of Trustees, a vital part of their governance. 343
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Look forward to the report, anyone have a link? @crisis-uk.bsky.social @housingevidence.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comPeople on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research findsBenefit claimants having applications denied for being deemed too risky by housing associations, says Crisis 000
Reposted by Alison WallaceChe @gidim.bsky.social · 14/08/2025You would think we'd be on track to freedom, given @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social, the Ministry of Housing himself, is our local MP. Yet, six years later, we're still unsafe, hostages in our own home, and paying escalating costs while the "professionals" can't even measure a building correctly. 111
Reposted by Alison WallaceChe @gidim.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Most people think the cladding crisis is over. It's not. 6 years after Grenfell, we're still trapped in flammable buildings, paying the price while freeholders profit. This is what it actually costs to live in the "post-Grenfell" world: 🧵 223
Reposted by Alison WallaceUK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence @housingevidence.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Our new paper uses regulatory theory and systems thinking to explore fresh, practical interventions that could transform the culture of compliance and improve tenants’ housing experiences in the English Private Rented Sector. 📄 Read it here: housingevidence.ac.uk/publications...housingevidence.ac.ukThe Policy and Politics of Improving Standards in the English Private Rented Sector - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence 011
Reposted by Alison WallaceSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Kit Malthouse to Lammy "can he not see his inaction & cowardice is making this country irrelevant? Can he also not see the personal risk to him, given our intl obligations, that he may end up at the Hague because of his inaction?" Lammy tells Malthouse his language is unbecoming 45453144
Reposted by Alison WallaceJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025It is very hard to see how the UK government can sign this statement, which makes it absolutely clear that it recognises that Israel is committing - as a matter of state policy - deliberate and systematic war crimes, without at a minimum cutting all military cooperation with Israel. 18586164
Reposted by Alison WallaceDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Reporters in Gaza from AFP are now unable to work due to them literally being starved to death by the Israeli government, but apparently these people opposing the genocide are the real terrorists 👇 13116
Reposted by Alison WallaceAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 20/07/2025“The ultimate democratization of education may reside not in its universal availability but in its deinstitutionalization. If this comes to pass, we may find that the fabric of our lives is Canvas.” Uh oh. But look - at least Instructure is being open about its imperial ambitions! 511523
Reposted by Alison WallaceDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country? 9853292218
Reposted by Alison WallaceRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/07/2025The right-wing press is going mad over votes at 16 ("a naked attempt to twist democracy in Labour’s favour", an "election-rigging move"...) Oddly, they said the same 100 years ago when the voting age for women fell from 30 to 21. Let's revisit the Mail's campaign to"Stop the Flapper Vote Folly"... 561253537
Reposted by Alison WallaceKen Gibb @kengibb.bsky.social · 11/07/2025www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comBlack people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study findsBlack people also less likely than white people to get social housing and can face ‘overt racism’ from private landlords 011
Reposted by Alison WallaceDavid K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 07/07/2025When the 12yo was in mainstream primary school, a new, unsympathetic non-inclusive headteacher who arrived in Year 6, repeatedly tried to change his educational provision. The fact that the EHCP was a legal document that agreed what support he should receive was vital in protecting him. #r4today 35410
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The closing of Abrdn’s Fair Finance Trust is grim news. I had funding from them into shared ownership and found them all staff great to work with. Big loss to difficult social policy research funding landscape. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTo all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly ToynbeeAsset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee 010
Reposted by Alison WallaceDan Wilson Craw @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025The government's tenancy reforms make it easier to fight rent hikes through a tribunal. But @rentersreformco.bsky.social finds the tribunal is awarding landlords an average rent increase of £240/month! Tenants will still be at risk of being priced out of their homes www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukthird of renters could be 'forced out of their homes' despite landmark reformsLabour’s significant Renters' Rights Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament, will ban landlords from evicting renters for no reason from their homes - but fears remain 001
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Surveillance Capitalism Kyoto style. A Security Robot. 020
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 30/06/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAre rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer | Amber HowardThe city was once the pinnacle of inclusivity, with working- and middle-class people alike living in social housing – then the private landlords arrived, says social-policy researcher Amber Howard 030
Reposted by Alison WallaceEppie Leishman @dreppie.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The Centre for Lifelong Learning truly put into action ‘university of the public good’. My conversations with students when I taught there shaped the way I think about higher education and research. A huge loss for the university and the city. 062
Reposted by Alison WallaceSebastian Kohl @sebastiankohl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I am starting to look for a PhD student in (comparative) political economy, historical or computational sociology starting in October (4 years, 65%) at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Check out the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.comI am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). | Sebastian KohlI am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). Any research projects in political econom... 01415
Reposted by Alison WallaceLuis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre7.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza according to a Dominican man who was held there for 3 days. ICE did not respond to multiple requests for comments about conditions there. 02412
Reposted by Alison WallaceAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill 19656389
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Sounds like a platform to which other data can be appended in the future to demonstrate our credibility and worth. With permission gov.uk already links to credit files for ID purposes. How will this all shape up in 5/10/20 years.gov.uk 010
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Becky Tunstall’s report looks like a grim but compelling exposition of the state of the nation. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.com‘Stress crisis’ in UK as 5m struggle with financial, health and housing insecurityExclusive: Levels of ‘multi-stress’ at highest since 2008 crash, study says, with people feeling profoundly powerless 111
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Interested in supporting housing scholarship? Not too onerous Trustee roles going at HSCT. www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-m...linkedin.comHSCT Trustee Recruitment Advert 2025 — Thornby Associates | Alex MarshThis might be of interest to some ... https://lnkd.in/eawAUUDs 001
Reposted by Alison WallaceInside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 02/06/2025dlvr.itNew Shared Ownership Code launches in bid to standardise offer and drive investmentA major new attempt to standardise the shared ownership offer across the UK has been launched today 012
Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 29/05/2025www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink...social housingWhat's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need? 020
Reposted by Alison WallaceAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Let me be clearer. I was former head of UK Foreign Office humanitarian affairs, incl policy on war crimes, genocide. I helped craft policy for international criminal court. I’m in no doubt these are war crimes. Disproportionate, indiscriminate, collective punishment by an occupying power. 13595357
Reposted by Alison WallaceChartered Institute of Housing @cihhousing.bsky.social · 21/05/2025👀 ICYMI 👀 To complement the 2025 UK Housing Review, @housingtoday.bsky.social published a series of articles curated by CIH and written by Review's sponsors. You can access all six articles here➡️https://buff.ly/25eeXdD More about the UK Housing Review here➡️ www.cih.org/ukhr2025 011
Reposted by Alison WallaceWIRED @wired.com · 18/05/2025Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.wrd.cmCFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data BrokersRussell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. 50042692841
Reposted by Alison WallaceSimon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Welcome to Gilead UK. Under Keir's Eye. 011
Reposted by Alison WallaceJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Crack team of aging cyber security amateurs emailing each other “Don’t give them your user name Pike1947!” 6486
Reposted by Alison WallaceUCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025🏠 The Demand for Housing as an Investment. IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social policy report makes a series of policy recommendations on how to make the housing market more affordable and break the feedback cycle. 🔗 Read the report here: buff.ly/SOHIVP8 022
Reposted by Alison WallaceMartin Wheatley @martinhwheatley.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Brilliant exposé of the fallacies behind and risks created by deregulating home construction. Key point is that as current market functions impact is to boost landowner receipts not increase supply or cut prices. 001