In Housing Sector Podcast #67, I’m joined once again by Martin Donkin for an important follow-up on the ongoing situation at Coniston House.

When Martin last came on the podcast, we discussed the modular homes project being built on top of existing flats by East End Homes, the disruption it had caused, and the serious concerns being raised by residents. In this episode, we revisit that story to look at what has happened since.

Martin explains how residents are still living with the fallout of a project that was meant to be straightforward but has become a drawn-out and costly mess. We discuss temporary accommodation, trust, delays, legal action, building safety concerns, and the wider question of whether this scheme should ever have gone ahead in the first place.

We also explore the lack of transparency in the housing sector, the limits of access to information for residents, and why stronger scrutiny is badly needed when housing providers are handling public money and making decisions that affect people’s homes and lives.

Martin also talks about how this experience has pushed him into politics, and why he now feels change will only come if more people step forward and challenge systems that are clearly not working.

This is a conversation about modular promises, poor planning, public accountability, and the human cost when housing projects go badly wrong.

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