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.
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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.
The economic costs and real life consequences of the social housing crunch
Ahead of the Autumn Statement, Kevin Gulliver looks at the costs – economic and human – of the social housing crunch.
A “system gone crazy”: Tory cuts force London councils to send homeless to Wales
Tory cuts are forcing London local authorities into making preparations to relocate homeless families outside of the capital – as far away as Wales.
More and more of Cameron’s “hard-working people” are reliant on Housing Benefit
More and more working people are reliant on Housing Benefit – contrary to what the prime minister claims.
The housing crisis is getting worse – time for the coalition to rethink its strategy
We examine whether a living wage and changes to council tax valuations would mitigate the worst effects of the housing crisis.
Con 2012: Boris Johnson is out of step and out of touch with the housing crisis
Val Shawcross AM examines Boris Johnson’s appalling housing record.