social housing
A challenge to ‘In the Black Labour’: Housing benefit will continue to rise unless we tackle the buy-to-let market
In a follow-up to their 2011 report In the Black Labour, Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen reaffirm their commitment to fiscal conservatism.
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.
Social housing and immigration: the need for transparency and fairness
Amidst concerns about migrants’ social housing allocations, statistics offer the public little reassurance - we need a new, transparent and inclusive approach.
London’s affordable housing crisis: The stats that will shock
Figures released by Shelter reveal the depth of London’s housing affordability crisis, writes Kevin Gulliver.
Building social housing would cut the housing benefit bill three times faster than a cap
Cormac Hollingsworth shows how social housing could be the best way to save money on housing benefit: Three times as effective as a cap.
‘Downsizing’ the housing strategy
Kevin Gulliver examines Grant Shapps' housing plan and finds it lacking