Comment Social homes are key if Labour is to make a real difference on the housing crisis This week, the government passed a landmark housing figure – but not one it should be especially proud… Peter Apps 26th May, 2023, 9:00 am
News “Unconscionable” to scrap mandatory housebuilding targets, Nandy declares Lisa Nandy has slammed the government over reports that it plans to scrap mandatory housebuilding targets, arguing that… Katie Neame 5th December, 2022, 6:38 pm
Comment Right to Buy will never be ‘sustainable’ – Labour must scrap the disastrous policy At the Labour Party conference in September, Lisa Nandy told a fringe meeting that Right to Buy (RTB)… Martin Wicks 4th December, 2022, 9:00 am
Comment Without ending Right to Buy, there can be no resolution to the housing crisis The Labour Campaign for Council Housing has produced a statement calling on Labour to commit to ending Right… Martin Wicks 15th November, 2022, 2:00 pm
Comment What is housing policy for? And why we need a radical approach With inflation soaring far ahead of incomes, the UK is gripped by the worst crisis-of-living standards since the… Adam Peggs 21st September, 2022, 6:30 pm
Comment Ambitious community housing is a cure for crime and a reward for aspiration High quality, pride-worthy and affordable housing must be a fundamental objective for our government, community leaders and social… Tom McNeil 13th July, 2022, 7:00 pm
Comment The Conservatives have form, and cannot be trusted on council housing Call me cynical, but Michael Gove announcing an “explosion” in new council housing less than three weeks before… Mark Williams 25th April, 2022, 3:05 pm
Comment Solving the UK’s housing crisis starts with empowering our local authorities Want. Disease. Ignorance. Squalor. Idleness. Those were the five evils that the 1942 Beveridge Report set out to… Sam Howarth 17th March, 2022, 3:00 pm
News New report urges Labour to place human rights at centre of housing policy offer A new report has urged the Labour Party to place human rights at the centre of its housing… Katie Neame 12th March, 2022, 12:01 am
Comment Another U-turn is possible. Demand large-scale council house building now Hopes of a radical change in national housing policy appeared to be dashed by the election of the… Martin Wicks 6th October, 2020, 3:25 pm