Jam today – and still jam tomorrow…
There are many reasons why a person may only be “just about managing” – not all of them financial.
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The Housing White Paper: a chance for change
Will the government’s long-awaited housing white paper finally set the UK housing market on the road to reform?
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The shameful state of Britain’s housing for refugees
“The way a government treats refugees is very instructive; it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.”
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Our new Strategic Plan is now available
We’re delighted to announce that our new Strategic Plan is now available for download. Commonweal Housing has now been delivering innovative housing solutions to social injustice for over a decade, and our new strategic plan lays out how we’re going to continue driving change through our portfolio of targeted social housing projects. The document is both a…
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Move On Up: Helping Young Adult Carers build their future
On Young Carer’s Awareness Day we reflect on our Move On Up project.
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Modular-Podular living: progress or pragmatism
In my last blog, way back in the pre-Trumpian days of October 2016, I mused whether it was sensible to develop or promote less-than-ideal housing solutions, or whether settling for adequate might undermine the achievement of the best. That blog considered two manifestations of the current housing crisis: the spread of tent encampments of European…
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