Your Housing 2019 tweets

Geraldine Howley was proud of Incommunities apprentices at the Housing 2019 Fringe:

Great to see our Apprentices @IncommunitiesHA at Developing @IncommunitiesHA people at the fringe #cihhousing pic.twitter.com/URS0WeGawt

— Geraldine Howley (@geraldinehowley) June 26, 2019

How landlords can listen to tenants was a key theme of the conference:

‘You need to be listening to people who are angry with you and to give lots of opportunities for people to be heard’ @Simplicitly #CIHhousing pic.twitter.com/xdFa2Ekqwh

— Catherine Little (@Catherine_BHG) June 25, 2019

Fran Reddington, a member of the Manchester Cladiators campaign group, spoke of her nerves as she spoke at a Fringe event:

Feeling quite emotional - my hands were shaking holding the mic but it was adrenaline - just felt so honoured to have been given the opportunity today to speak alongside you all at a powerful event. Thank you 🙏🏼 #EndOurCladdingScandal @MancCommunities @gillkernick @MrGeorgeClarke pic.twitter.com/tMN78yzyWk

— Fran (@ReddingtonFran) June 26, 2019

A session on tackling stigma caught the imagination of Emily-Rae Maxwell, who works for Brent Council’s housing service:

Anyone who missed the @homegroup life swap session @ The Fringe you absolutely missed out. Best session of the day hearing the stories of 3 residents and their life experiences of stigma. You are absolute inspirations, thank you #CIHHousing #Housing2019 pic.twitter.com/ak3opZTcNu

— Emily-Rae Maxwell (@emilyraemaxwell) June 25, 2019

Many selfies were shared on social media...:

Standard selfie with @Joel_Resource #CIHhousing at @SOchathour social hosted by @PropertyBookHQ pic.twitter.com/6b2wP8oWLR

— Amy Nettleton (@amynettleton1) June 25, 2019

...with some struggling to contain their excitement:

#CIHHousing pic.twitter.com/FmAjYTVf0d

— H͙a͙n͙n͙a͙h͙ (@LM5Hanny) June 27, 2019

Elly Hoult of Notting Hill Genesis was tired of all the talk of silver bullets:

If I hear the word “silver bullet” again I might scream. We don’t have a silver bullet, we don’t even have a cap gun to solve the housing crisis. #CIHhousing

— Elly Hoult (@HoultElly) June 26, 2019

Our Homelessness Hackathon generated lots of interest:

@BishManchester announces second winner of the hackathon. Campaign explaining how easy it is to slide into homelessness #CIHhousing @HomesforCathy pic.twitter.com/IJph5gmYqI

— TonyStacey (@TonyStacey) June 27, 2019

Visitors on the first day had to battle the weather to attend:

I’m wetter than is socially acceptable to be without wearing a snorkel. But I’ve made it to #CIHHousing looking forward to a jam-packed day of learning and sharing whenever possible (some awesome Welsh stuff) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 pic.twitter.com/9uJAEYJ9dn

— Matthew Kennedy (@Matt_Kennedy87) June 25, 2019

This year’s event saw a modern methods of construction stage:

New skills for a new era. #CIHhousing #MMC #offsite #ModernMethodsofConstruction pic.twitter.com/ltMg9c35BQ

— Gareth Davies (@gareth_coastal) June 27, 2019

Consultancy We Are Resource was encouraging people to dunk:

Some lovely @WeAreResource #swag from y’sterday’s #CIHHousing conference!! pic.twitter.com/CJwINULI9B

— Brett Sadler (@brettsadler77) June 26, 2019

Many tweeted about former Labour leader Ed Miliband’s speech:

⁦@Ed_Miliband⁩ up now - The vision for social housing session: There’s been a failure of housing policy by both main parties in the last 30 yrs. We’re in the “moment of nightmare”, politically, at the minute. At some point this will be over - he promises us (😉) #CIHHousing pic.twitter.com/W5KgA28UEP

— Faye Greaves CIHCM (@FayeGreavesCIH) June 27, 2019

Crowds picked up on day two:

Day 2 of #CIHHousing 2019 is buzzing! t.co/0nkLcEUSNj

— Housing 2019 (@CIH_Housing) June 26, 2019

The @CIHhousing conference is in full swing! #CIHHousing pic.twitter.com/gCPM5CrCfm

— Plumlife (@PlumlifeHomes) June 26, 2019

Alan Brunt, chief executive of Bron Afon, appeared to offer himself up as a DJ:

So, the PM will be on stage @CIH_Housing at 3.00. Wondering what music she’ll make her entrance to. Doubt it’ll be Dancing Queen. Any suggestions?

— Alan Brunt (@albrunt) June 26, 2019

Alarm specialist AICO, which is running a resident safety campaign with Inside Housing, was delighted to win an award:

It’s the final day @CIH_Housing! We won ’Best use of Technology on a stand’ award! Thank you! It has been an fantastic event to launch our Resident Safety Campaign at: t.co/bUnwJn94vs #SaferHomes4All #CIHHousing #UKHousing #AlarmsSavesLives @insidehousing pic.twitter.com/Jj6kE1wOB9

— Aico (@Aico_Limited) June 27, 2019

And finally, housing campaigner and former chief executive Tom Murtha was very adamant he wasn’t going to watch the video of Theresa May’s speech:

Nope not even a peak. But thanks for the offer.

— Tom Murtha (@tomemurtha) June 26, 2019