Housing associations "should do more to tackle misinformation about social housing allocations"

They have a “responsibility to rebuild trust” with residents and tackle misinformation around social housing allocations and new developments.  Speaking at the Inside Housing Communications Conference on 22nd September, Antonia Bance, the Labour MP for Tipton and Wednesbury, called on RPs to “set out the positive factual case” and “meet residents where they are” when responding to concerns about new homes being allocated to asylum seekers.  She also encouraged housing association communications teams to use politicians “as a source of possible allyship and championship”.