The MIPIM property fair: everything that is wrong with regeneration in London
At a time when millions of Londoners need affordable housing, local authorities are knocking it down and replacing it with luxury flats.
At a time when millions of Londoners need affordable housing, local authorities are knocking it down and replacing it with luxury flats.
Market fundamentalists say to leave the market, it will fix itself – but that experiment has been tried and it has failed. We need more statecraft to fix the problem.
There are today 1.7m households on social waiting lists, yet the government’s focus is on creating a mini-housing boom through its Help to Buy scheme.
There are more progressive ways to control spending than bashing the poor.
Affordable housing is vital, yet it appears to be the last thing on Boris’ mind.
Boris’ incompetence is exacerbating the shortage of housing in London.
London property is now seen in terms of its investment potential, rather than something that should be meeting a basic social need for the capital’s residents.
David Rodgers explains why the co-operative housing (tenure) bill is so sorely needed to fix the UK housing market.
Pete Challis details how the right to buy demolished England’s housing stock.