Let’s consider rent controls for the private rented sector
The private rented sector isn’t working for millions of tenants. The sector has grown and the possibility of…
Housing
Affordable housing for all shouldn’t be the ambition – it should be the minimum standard
We know that in London rough sleeping has hit a record high, with an 18% rise on last…
Tory Brexit rebels and Sadiq Khan’s housing demands
By a hefty majority of 41 – thanks to few Labour rebels, 17 Tories defying the whip in…
How London’s most ambitious housebuilding council is delivering genuinely affordable homes
In the face of crippling austerity, growing income inequality and an affordable homes crisis in London, Labour councils…
Our broken planning system deepens wealth inequality and needs reform
Britain is a divided nation. Divided by identity, by Leave or Remain, by city and country. The scale…
“An ever-growing housing crisis” – Tom Copley’s guest edit
The home is at the centre of people’s lives. The condition and the affordability of housing has a…
Large-scale house building doesn’t have to mean sacrificing quality
This year, Hackney is marking two anniversaries in the history of social housing. The first is the 100…
We need homes fit for habitation – but that’s just the start
Our story starts, as all good stories must, with the Housing of the Working Classes Act in 1885…
The Homelessness Reduction Act doesn’t actually reduce homelessness
There has rightly been public outrage and anger at the rise in rough sleeping across London in recent…
Ending no-fault evictions is welcome – but the government must go further to drive down homelessness
Over the last decade, the number of rough sleepers in London has more than doubled. Between 2013 and…
