London politicians join campaign to end no-fault evictions
Housing campaigners have long been calling for an end to Section 21. Now two London Assembly members are calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban it in the capital.
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Why three year tenancies are still not good enough in housing crisis Britain
The government has announced plans to extend default tenancy agreements from six months to three years. But campaigners argue it won’t solve the problem.
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.
Of course Right to Buy is doomed – affordable homes were never the point of it
A report showing how the scheme will fail in the next five years did not come as a surprise. The end of council housing was the plan all along.
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.
Here’s what two years of Sadiq Khan’s mayoralty has done for London
As the Mayor marks the end of the first half of his term, Florence Eshalomi reflects on how the capital changed under his leadership.
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.
Students strike on rent pay after mice and flooding complaints
Student accommodation residents are refusing to pay rent after health and safety complaints were ignored by London university management.
Will gifting £10,000 really make life easier for millennials?
A new report is proposing giving people in their 20s a ‘Citizen’s Inheritance’ and controlled rents. Joana Ramiro investigates.
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.