A housing policy in disarray
Worryingly for the housing and construction sectors, personnel changes may signal downgrading of housing policy at a time when housing is growing in importance.
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Society needs to take more action if it is serious about helping the homeless
We all walk past homeless people on the street, but if we are serious about tackling homelessness then central and local governments need to do much more.
Towards a one nation housing policy
Yesterday the Labour Housing Group published its long-awaited ‘One Nation Housing Policy’ paper – ’50 Policies for Labour’ – beginning the process of providing Labour with a coherent housing strategy for the next General Election.
Rents are going to continue rising until the government regulates them
Ask anyone on a low to middle income renting in London if rents are too high, and you’re only going to get one answer.
We need less corporate socialism for private sector landlords
The UK housing debate is increasingly focused on who the housing system serves: the nation’s needs or vested interests that seek to preserve tenure-based wealth inequalities.
Private landlords colonising housing market, preventing first time buying
Private landlords are out bidding first-time buyers and pushing house prices out of the reach of many young people, according to a new report.
What’s to stop landlords passing the cost of immigration checks on to already squeezed tenants?
For the sake of appeasing a handful of Tory backbenchers and shoring up the UKIP vote, the government may have just heaped another burden on already hard-pressed tenants.
Londoners shouldn’t be left out in the cold – Davey and Boris need to act
London Mayor Boris Johnson and energy secretary Ed Davey must do more to ensure Londoners aren’t left out in the cold by rocketing energy bills.
Housing: How renting became the new norm
Richard Bassford looks at how renting became the new norm in the UK housing sector.
Immigration ‘pushes up house prices 10%’… More May migration myths?
Theresa May yesterday said house prices could be “10 per cent lower over a 20-year period” if net migration was cut to zero – claims which don’t quite add up.