The local elections show how anti-housing Tories are on the ropes
Some big names have been taken down, for better or worse
Chris Worrall
What can Tunbridge Wells tell us about the Levelling Up Bill?
The Minister for Housing and Planning has just stopped 165 homes being built
Labour must resolve the financial crisis in social housing
Labour’s future proposals will need to give people a stronger sense of security in their own homes.
Michael Gove’s plans to make developers pay for the cladding crisis are ill-thought-out
The government is merely taking money from private capital pots for new construction and forcing the reallocation to remediation without appreciating what impact that will have on new supply.
The housing crisis can’t be solved by listening to those who deny we have a shortage of houses
Our housing columnist looks at a series of policy and briefing documents on the housing crisis
Housing Column: Labour must not try to out Tory the Tories on the Green Belt
‘Brownfield sites alone will “almost certainly never be enough to meet the country’s housing need”.
The rise of pro-housing Labour politicians should be applauded
‘With new blood coming into politics and policymaking, pro-housing stances are now finally being taken’
England’s social housing sector needs renewal and here’s how to do it
‘Labour must offer a social housing funding mechanism that not only provides new supply, but tackles the systemic need for rehabilitation of existing stock.’
Why Labour’s policy to increase homeownership through a new mortgage guarantee scheme will not work
Only policy targeting reductions in income inequality will help first-time buyers and improve homeownership levels
Home truths: What we can learn from the ‘Return of Squalor’ in Britain
The neglect of housing here is a national scandal. A new anthology lifts the lid on a decade of policy failure.