Why do ministers refuse to invest in a housing boost that would be great for the economy?
Housing boost would be great for the economy, so why are the government refusing to invest?
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.
Social mobility desperately needs to be top of the national policy agenda
Research shows the UK is a lot less socially mobile than other countries and this problem needs to be prioritised.
Vote 2012: Midlands battlefield opens up for Labour
The key Midlands battleground for the general election saw some encouraging results for Labour in the local elections last night.
Newham, Stoke, ‘social cleansing’ and economic growth
Kevin Gulliver reports on the housing crisis in the UK, and its role in yesterday’s negative growth figures, dragged down by the construction contraction.
Cameron’s economically irrational Right to Buy relaunch won’t solve housing crisis
David Cameron’s Right to Buy relaunch yesterday is economically irrational and won’t solve the nation’s deepening housing crisis, writes Kevin Gulliver.
London’s affordable housing crisis: The stats that will shock
Figures released by Shelter reveal the depth of London’s housing affordability crisis, writes Kevin Gulliver.
‘Downsizing’ the housing strategy
Kevin Gulliver examines Grant Shapps’ housing plan and finds it lacking
Shapps’s subprime stimulus is a bailout for housebuilders
Kevin Gulliver details the flawed concept and execution behind the government’s new housing strategy, but welcomes the desire for stimulus which lies behind it.
‘Back of a fag packet’ housing policy continues
Kevin Gulliver 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; his interests are social and economic policy, especially relating to housing, health, communities and inequalities.test
Social housing needs a ‘New Deal’
Kevin Gulliver argues that the social housing system needs to be re-hauled under a ‘New Deal’.