These figures reveal how the government has left social housing tenants behind
A year on from Grenfell, the Tories’ new Green Paper on social housing will barely cover the cracks when it comes to the growing precariousness faced by tenants.
Kevin Gulliver
Website Kevin writes for Left Foot Forward about housing and the impact of government policy on low income communities. He is the Director of Birmingham-based research charity the Human City Institute and Chair of the Centre for Community Research but writes in a personal capacity; Kevin's interests are social and economic policy, especially relating to housing, health, communities and inequalities.
Vince Cable’s housing policies would be better without his track record
In a speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Lib Dem leader put forward a set of proposals to tackle Britain’s housing crisis. But Kevin Gulliver is not convinced.
How the Tories are deliberately ignoring social housing
Nearly ten years of Conservative government has meant a spiralling crisis in social housing. But not accidentally so, Kevin Gulliver writes.
The Tories must give us houses – or pack up and move
Successive Conservative governments let the housing crisis spiral out of control. If they don’t want to tackle it, someone else should be at the helm.
Britain’s health crisis is about poverty – not simply ‘poor choices’
There is a growing health divide in the UK – and austerity has a lot to answer for.
Sunday Times Rich List: Despicable evidence of Britain’s inequality
The gap between the poor and the super rich is growing. Kevin Gulliver writes about how the government could tackle this tragedy.
These statistics show the true cost of the Tory housing crisis for young people
Despite Conservative promises, new figures reveal the Tories have failed to give young people a decent chance when it comes to housing.
What is in Labour’s housing Green Paper?
Housing expert Kevin Gulliver looks at the detail of Labour’s new housing plans.
NHS satisfaction is slipping and government is to blame
With little investment in the health services and social inequality on the rise, the Tories that have questions to answer.
The new Homelessness Act fails to tackle the real cause of the housing crisis
The Act has noble aims. But it is a sticking plaster for a problem of the Tories’ making.