@jas_bhalla

Town Planner, Urban Designer, Architect, principal at Jas Bhalla Architects. Mayor’s Design Advocate, Fulbright Alumni, Londoner.

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Joined July 2012
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The Musk-Trump love in is the straw that broke the camels back for me. Taking an indefinite break from X. Please stay in touch on LinkedIn or Instagram -@jasbhallaworks - until something like the twitter of old appears.
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Alex King@alexdpking8 Aug 2024
"We need to point the finger of blame firmly at decades of failed economic policy... We need to build – and finance – new socially rented homes. Above all we need to stand up and make the positive case for diversity and immigration." Excellent @jas_bhalla linkedin.com/pulse/i-cant-be…

I can’t believe we are having to say this, again, but immigrants aren’t taking your houses

In January this year, Vicky Payne and I attended an event with the now former Minister for Housing, Lee Rowley. During a largely convivial exchange with a group of disgruntled, but by no means...

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History can and does repeat itself. If anyone needs reminding of what a race riot is, watch the @Channel4 series Defiance about violence by the far right against South Asians in Britain in the ‘70s: channel4.com/programmes/defi…
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Taj Ali@Taj_Ali14 Aug 2024
Our elders were invited to this country after hundreds of years of colonial rule that contributed to the industrial revolution. They worked the most difficult jobs in factories for paltry pay. We contribute billions to the economy today. We built Britain and we aren't going away.
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I’ll be raising a glass this evening to my late friend and mentor Professor Sir Peter Hall, urban planner and geographer extraordinaire, who we lost on this day ten years ago
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Good thread this
Anna Clarke@AnnaClarke_____27 Jul 2024
Stronger housing targets are both welcome and necessary, though sadly not sufficient. I'm hearing more and more about the viability not stacking up, not just for social housing but for market housing too. In many areas it simply costs more to build a house than you'd sell it for.
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In stronger housing markets, building ought to remain viable via lower land prices. But landowners don't always respond to a fall in demand by selling at a lower price. Often they sit tight instead hoping prices will rise again.
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Last week on The Brief, Merlin was joined by architect Jas Bhalla on our 150th ep. They discuss urgent financial threats to council housing, Lloyds Bank's plans to transform back offices into social housing, the new infrastructural body NISTA, and more. ow.ly/X0lF50SI5cW
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Council homes must be part of plans to get Britain building but the funding model is broken. Southwark at forefront of this call to action & we will work with Labour government to #SaveCouncilHousing @AngelaRayner @mtpennycook inews.co.uk/news/councils-wa…

20 councils warn Labour their housing finances are at crisis point

The cross-party group includes Birmingham, Bristol, Camden, Dudley, Greenwich, Hackney, Hull, Islington, Kirklees, Lambeth, Leeds, Leicester, Lewisham, Newcastle, Nottingham, Rotherham, Sandwell,...

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It's brilliant to see record level of Sikh representation in Parliament. It was the privilege of my life to be the first Sikh woman elected to UK Parliament. Congratulations to all my new @UKLabour colleagues - I look forward to working together.
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Fantastic to see 11 MP’s from Sikh Heritage elected, a real milestone for @SikhsInPolitics. Looking forward to working with the new Govt addressing Sikh issues. Disappointed with @Conservatives for not taking @Sikh representation seriously & letting down a model Community
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Very excited to attend my first Festival of Place AND to be speaking about our work on forgotten spaces. If you haven't already, make sure you book a place whilst making sure you find time to vote too! festivalofplace.co.uk/festiv…
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@Paul_SLG11 Jun 2024
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Every week, I receive a request from a Local Authority or their consultant asking for advice on how to digitize their Design Codes. The low level of digital literacy in the planning and built environment sector is alarming! We need to do better.
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Inflation today is driven by monopolistic supply, not excess demand. Energy, food and more. The whole discussion about interest rates ignores that. Go after the source (anti-monopoly, and the multiple causes of “excess” profits ie “rents”). @IsabellaMWeber very good on this.
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In 2017 I lost my mum and in 2018 I decided to take on the man that made her last years more difficult. Our loss hurt so much in 2019, but I’m back again, this time with my tiny baby. This is personal for me 1263 votes Let’s beat Iain Duncan Smith #GE2024 faizashaheen.co.uk/join-the-…
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Katy Lock@Katy_Lock21 May 2024
Delighted to see @UKLabour recognition of the need for gov to take a strategic enabling role in #ukhousing delivery & (of course!) #NewTowns Success means learning essential lessons from the past on #stewardship #locations #consent #standards #ukplanning inews.co.uk/news/politics/ra…

Rayner reveals Labour’s New Towns plan with pledge to build houses within months

Labour's deputy leader will urge developers to start work on the 'next generation of new towns' in a bid to ease the country's housing crisis

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This British nightmare is due to three main factors: 1) Woefully inadequate rates of housebuilding 2) A dwindling social housing sector (yes we do need social housing specifically) 3) The erosion of financial support for those unable to afford market rents
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NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world
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