Ten years of austerity will leave behind a legacy of homelessness
“What’s troubling is that the likely future Prime Minister will probably care even less about social housing than his two predecessors.”
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.
Grenfell showed government’s neglect of people living in social housing
Social tenants need more power over their landlords.
Without economic equality, ‘social mobility’ will always be a fantasy
The rich will always do better in life – we must reduce the gap between rich and poor.
40 years since her election, Margaret Thatcher still casts a long shadow over Britain
We’re picking up the pieces to this day, writes Kevin Gulliver.
Until politicians take radical steps to level the playing field, social mobility will keep getting worse
Private school privilege must be tackled
Institutional racism persists two decades after the McPherson report
In some ways, its got worse
Shelter report recommends major shake-up of social housing
The final report from the Shelter social housing commission calls for more than 3m new social homes to be built over the next two decades, extended social tenants’ rights, and greater regulation of the private rented sector.
This Brexit-obsessed government is neglecting the housing crisis
The government’s house-building targets are too low
Yes Andrew Marr, rising homelessness is a political choice
The BBC host lamented the rising number of homeless people on the streets of Britain during the festive season, but forgot to explain why. Kevin Gulliver writes.
How new DWP chief Amber Rudd is in denial over Britain’s poverty crisis
Why was the new Work and Pensions boss’ first Parliamentary statement to reject the United Nation’s findings on poverty?