Ten years ago, Bristol Community Land Trust completed these 12 affordable homes (rent/shared ownership). More than homes, they supported locals priced out to create a community, with 7 children born there since and a strong sense of stability, connection and mutual aid. Why isn't this the norm? 🧵
Tom Chance
Following the by-election I'm in the New Statesman this morning, urging people to dig into the thinking of Miatta Fahnbulleh, one of the central figures around Andy Burnham.
I argue that Fahnbullehism is a brand of radical co-operativism, likely to be influential to AB's agenda should he become PM.
www.newstatesman.com
Fahnbullehism is a philosophy rooted in the co-operative movement
I'm looking forward to speaking to EcoHolmes CLT tomorrow (13th) at Holmfirth Tech, around 7:30 on 'Some Lessons from the History of Council Housing'. Non-members welcome. Details in attached link:
ecoholmes.org.uk/muncipal-dre...
ecoholmes.org.uk
EcoHolmes are hosting a talk by John Boughton, social historian, on MUNICIPAL DREAMS - THE RISE AND FALL OF COUNCIL HOUSING on Wednesday 13th May 2026 in the Cafe Room at the Holmfirth Tech, following...
Always nice to start the day with some good news 🫠 #EGU26
We're pleased to see that the Government has today confirmed that the Right to Buy will be reformed. We've been calling for these reforms, to reduce the loss of much-needed social homes, and encourage councils to build new homes.
- www.gov.uk/government/n...
This was a small, awkward site, and many other CLTs have achieved similarly wonderful results on them. Elsewhere CLTs, cohousing and co-ops are working with volume housebuilders and large housing associations bringing similar ideas into much larger developments. It can work anywhere.
