Tory councillor compares living in a council house to “sizeable lottery win”
A Tory councillor in St Albans – Nat Young – last night compared living in a council house to…
Housing
Generation Rent
A sad story appeared in my local papers a few weeks ago. A flat in central London was…
Creating a private rented sector based on long-termism and responsibility
Today we’re launching the second in a series of housing policy papers on the private rented sector. This document…
Tory Minister blaming problems on migrants – same old Nasty Party
Every now and then my jaw drops when reading or hearing something someone says. It tends to be…
Housing the North
By Ann Pittard The minister charged with planning, Nick Boles, this week joined the chorus of those looking for…
Homes for sons and daughters, mothers and fathers
Britain is gripped by the biggest housing crisis in a generation. On housing supply, affordability and ownership, as…
Housing and biogas – a Plan B for the economy?
By Ed Conduit and Tony Winters The balance between public spending and income needs to be better understood…
Did any party conference really tackle these three major crises?
Conference season is over. Most of the country won’t have even realised that it was happening of course,…
Dear Boris, where exactly would you like single mums to live?
Conservative plans to scrap housing benefit support for under-25s may be a classic Conference clap-line against the feckless…
Time to take responsibility for our housing need
To have or have not: taking responsibility for tomorrow’s affordable homes today launched this week is a call to…
