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Anne McGurk is a chair and tenant at Phoenix Community Housing

I might have spent the pandemic under effective ‘house arrest’ but I for one don’t want society to return to the old normal

Comment18.08.20by Anne McGurk
Change is not inevitable after a crisis and we can slip back into bad habits. The sector should collaborate with community activists and marginalised people as well as local businesses as it looks to rebuild, writes Anne McGurk

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