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Morning Briefing: more reaction to the Brokenshire appointment
More from the media on James Brokenshire’s appointment as housing secretary, and The Guardian reviews a new book about council housing
In the news
News websites have been reacting further to yesterday’s appointment of James Brokenshire as the new housing and communities secretary.
The Huffington Post has focused on Mr Brokenshire’s role in introducing the controversial Right to Rent policy, which introduced new requirements on private landlords to check the immigration status of prospective tenants. The Right to Rent was also mentioned by Inside Housing in our ‘nine things we know about Mr Brokenshire’ piece published yesterday.
The Huffington Post has also published a list of five things Mr Brokenshire should focus on.
The Sun newspaper notes that Mr Brokenshire made “an impressive comeback” after successful surgery for lung cancer.
On The Spectator’s website, columnist (and former Inside Housing reporter) Isabel Hardman writes that Mr Brokenshire has been found by Theresa May in the past to be “quietly loyal” and says “a housing secretary who is in step with the prime minister is no bad thing”.
Financial news website Citywire is reporting that Fundamentum Property has pulled the flotation of its supported housing fund after failing to interest investors in the real estate investment trust. Inside Housing has previously written about Fundamentum’s plans here.
Large association Southern Housing Group has announced that it has acquired 496 homes from Hyde Group in a £43m deal.
The Guardian has this morning published a review of a new book Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing by historian John Boughton.
Reviewer Rowan Moore describes Mr Boughton’s work as a “serious, heartfelt book [that] makes a convincing case that publicly provided homes have to be at least part of the response to the dysfunctional state”.
Architecture magazine Dezeen has a piece looking at ideas from architects for the refurbishment of the Lancaster West Estate which surrounds Grenfell Tower.
Dundee’s Evening Telegraph is reporting calls from local MPs to halt the roll-out of Universal Credit following concerns about increased foodbank use.
In Northern Ireland, the Mid-Ulster Mail is reporting concerns from politicians over plans by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to close a number of its local offices at half-day on three days a week.
The Yorkshire Post has a report on the Northern Powerhouse Liveability Index, which was commissioned by Your Housing Group to challenge thinking about where the best places are to build new housing.
On social media
Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, calls on housing providers to step up work in combating domestic abuse:
This appalling story shows why #ukhousing providers must step up their response to #domesticabuse and why better knowledge and response from everyone is needed - see @womensaid #changethatlasts #askme scheme and @DAHAlliance for some answers t.co/6iDeECXmyl
— Polly Neate (@pollyn1)This appalling story shows why #ukhousing providers must step up their response to #domesticabuse and why better knowledge and response from everyone is needed - see @womensaid #changethatlasts #askme scheme and @DAHAlliance for some answers https://t.co/6iDeECXmyl
— Polly Neate (@pollyn1) May 1, 2018
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