Category Archives: Housing

There goes the parks strategy …

Posted on September 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s a nice story over on the Green Bristol Blog that’s discovered the city council is quietly negotiating a sell off of a strip of land on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path at Greenbank to mystery property developers, Square … Continue reading →

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Oh what a circus

Posted on February 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Cancer editor and corporate lackey Mike “News Bunny” Norton was positively wetting his pants with joy yesterday. News that 4,000 low paid, low-status jobs are about to come online at the cheap and nasty new Broadmead development – that we … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on December 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

1997 – 292 families homeless in Bristol 2007 – 449 families homeless in Bristol

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Housing: stealth stock transfer?

Posted on December 1, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s allegations over on Bristol Indymedia that Bristol City Council may be attempting to transfer its council housing stock by stealth to the private sector. The allegations centre around the role of the council’s new Housing Management Board, which supposedly … Continue reading →

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