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Jenny Messenger

@jennymessenger.bsky.social
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Writer and journalist | author of a book on Kathleen Raine and Classics | www.jennymessenger.com | she/her

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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The inside track on a merger, and how these two landlords managed it without the usual consultants - another great story by @jennymessenger.bsky.social for @insidehousing.bsky.social www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
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How two chief executives in Wales orchestrated their own merger
The chief executives of housing associations Melin Homes and Newport City Homes successfully planned and carried out their own merger to create one of the largest landlords in Wales – without bringing...
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
For @globaltradereview.bsky.social, I had a look at how the EU’s move to scale back some of its landmark sustainability regulation - and the global shift away from net zero - is impacting ESG-focused supply chain finance: www.gtreview.com/magazine/the...
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Sustainable supply chains: What’s next after the climate backlash?
The EU’s proposed changes to its landmark sustainability regulation are transforming corporate ESG strategies, supply chain finance and legal risk.
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Waverley, a new town in South Yorkshire, is built on the site of the Orgreave coking plant, where miners and police clashed during the 1984-85 strike. I went along for @insidehousing.bsky.social to see how developers approached its regeneration.
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It was a coal mine, then the site of a clash between miners and police. We visit Orgreave to see how it has now been transformed
Waverley, a new town in South Yorkshire, is built on the site of Orgreave Colliery, where miners and police clashed in the 1980s. Jenny Messenger visits to find out more.
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Really well-deserved shortlisting of @kathyswinds.bsky.social here!
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Really interesting start to #SHFC25 with RSH chief exec Fiona MacGregor, who says the sector's knowledge of stock and tenants is starting to bear fruit in terms of repairs
Fiona MacGregor speaking on stage
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I get inside the MoD's "disastrous" military housing deal and how it eventually extricated itself in the April issue of @insidehousing.bsky.social: www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...
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Inside the government’s ‘disastrous’ military housing deal
In 2024, the Ministry of Defence agreed to buy back thousands of military homes from the private equity-backed firm it sold them to in 1996. Jenny Messenger finds out more.
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CIHCymru @cihcymru.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Jayne Bryant, cabinet secretary for local government and housing: "Housing is at the heart of social justice - it’s a fundamental building block of happy, safe communities" #CIHTAI25
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Impressive but essential nerve-holding here www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-ho...
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This Is How You Interview a Government Official
Michel Martin's relentless questioning of Troy Edgar revealed there may be no evidence behind the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil.
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The NHF's Kate Henderson pushing back this morning at Housing Finance 2025 against the idea that managing but not owning homes is a good plan
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Interesting opening sessions at the National Housing Federation's Housing Finance conference, esp on the potential for big changes for HAs around separating owning from managing homes
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Inside Housing launches survey asking frontline staff about their biggest concerns
Inside Housing is seeking responses from frontline social housing staff to a survey asking what they think are the biggest issues affecting their job
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Interesting and detailed report on how to fix the labour and skills shortage in the construction sector (from Mark 'modernise or die' Farmer)
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Tenant body Tpas Cymru has written to housing association chief execs and local authorities calling for tenants to be given vital information about the flood history of their homes: www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/welsh-t...
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Welsh tenant body calls on landlords to be more transparent over homes’ flood history
Tpas Cymru has called on the social housing sector to make sure tenants are informed about the flooding history of their homes, after properties are left damaged by severe floods.
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Half-year development spending dips at West Yorkshire landlord as surplus falls by 34%
Shipley-based landlord Incommunities spent almost a third less on development year on year, while reporting a 34% drop in its surplus, according to its latest half-year results
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
TPAS Cymru and others call on the Welsh government to change its heat pump rules www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/welsh-t...
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Welsh tenant body leads call to change ‘outdated’ heat pump rules
TPAS Cymru has called on the Welsh government to remove planning red tape, claiming it is preventing tenants from accessing affordable, energy-efficient heating.
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The latest affordable housing data for Wales shows a slight drop year on year, with more than 10,000 homes still to come to meet the 20,000 target www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/afforda...
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Affordable housing provision in Wales drops by 3% in 2023-24
Affordable housing provision in Wales dipped by 3% in 2023-24, with the number of affordable homes delivered across the country during the year totalling 3,255.
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Ombudsman finds ‘severely flawed’ complaint-handling approach at London council
A Housing Ombudsman investigation has found evidence of a “dismissive” attitude and a “defensive” culture at Camden Council around dealing with residents’ complaints
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Planning reforms alone will not deliver enough homes, veteran Labour MP warns
The government’s planning shake-up will not deliver enough homes unless issues in the housebuilding sector are also tackled, a veteran Labour MP has argued
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Major London landlord downgraded to G3 amid ‘serious’ consumer failings
Notting Hill Genesis has been downgraded to G3 by the English regulator and handed a C3 rating for consumer standards following “serious failings”
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
In Leeds and looking forward to @northernconsortium.bsky.social's Northern Housing Summit today!
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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Pension ‘megafunds’ could attract £200bn in housing and infrastructure investment, research shows
Consolidating local government pension funds could unlock £200bn in private investment in housing and infrastructure, research from the Pension Insurance Corporation has shown
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It was a pleasure to chat to Waqar Ahmed, L&Q's group finance director, on his career in social housing and what got him started in the first place www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/waqa...
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Waqar Ahmed: L&Q’s risk-taking money man took a gamble - and it paid off in spades
The ambitious finance director who drove some of the sector’s biggest mergers is retiring. He tells Jenny Messenger about his long list of financial firsts.
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Jenny Messenger @jennymessenger.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Big news for the Welsh social housing sector
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
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South of England landlord names new property services director
Aster Group has appointed Louise Palese as its new property services director, as the large landlord looks to boost its repairs and maintenance programme
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