In our third episode of Thinking Through the Crisis podcast series, Joseph Kilroy, Policy and Public Affairs Manager for for the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), discusses the effect of COVID-19 on the construction and housing sector.
TASC researcher Amie Lajoie is currently putting together a collection of personal stories of people that have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.These stories will shed light on their lived realities of sudden job loss and the choices they have to make now due to this unexpected change in circumstances. Please keep an eye out on our homepage for further updates on this project
Take good care as always for the week ahead
Shana and the team at TASC
Podcast - Thinking through the crisis Robert Sweeney with Joseph Kilroy of CIOB
In the third episode of Thinking Through the Crisis, Joseph Kilroy, Policy and Public Affairs Manager for for the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), discusses the effect of COVID-19 on the construction and housing sector. Kilroy explores the effect of the crisis on both construction employment and future housing supplies.Listen here
Plan now for the biggest socialisation ever by Paul Sweeney, Economist and TASC board member
The greatest socialisation ever of the world’s private sector is taking place hourly. It will continue until the end of 2020 and beyond. It is a profound transformation of the private/public divide or the state/market relationship. Read on here
Food for thought by Seán McCabe, Researcher and Policy Analyst with TASC
Getting back to normal suggests returning to a system that values the wrong things. Nowhere is this more evident than in our food chain.Read on here
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