Four issues our next Government must address to combat the housing crisis
ACORN union members lay out their key demands to fix Britain’s broken housing system
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Why Labour’s housing pledges are more radical than many would like to admit
If we are to review Labour’s key housing pledges they centre around delivering 1.5 million homes, and Labour’s planning reform agenda is set to be one of the most transformative in a generation.
The shocking chart which shows how Britain has the highest rate of homelessness in the developed world
The number of English households living in temporary accommodation more than doubling between 2010 and 2023 from 48,000 to 112,000, the highest figure since records began.
Shelter launches campaign to build 90,000 social homes a year in bid to end housing emergency
In the run up to the general election, Shelter is campaigning for political parties to commit to building at least 90,000 social homes a year for 10 years
A chart which sums up the housing crisis
With more than a million households waiting for social homes, those on low-incomes are increasingly being pushed into unsuitable and costly accommodation in the private rented sector as well as into temporary accommodation.
Andy Burnham wants to suspend Right to Buy scheme in bid to tackle housing crisis
‘We do now need to re-think Right to Buy’
The Homes for London report is a must read for those who want to tackle the housing crisis
A must read for all those interested in the housing and planning arena.
Number of homeless children in England reaches record high
“We desperately need UK ministers to focus on what can and will end homelessness.”
Angela Rayner takes Oliver Dowden apart at PMQs over Tory failure to end no-fault evictions
“This week the housing minister said there is no solid date for banning no-fault evictions, the housing secretary says it won’t happen before an election.”
Renters Reform Bust? The fight for safe, secure, affordable homes continues…
If the next government is to get a grip on the housing crisis it must reverse the decline in social housing and to deliver 100,000s of high quality, green, council homes.