As millions choose between heating and eating, the time for a rent freeze is now
Whilst there has been much talk about the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ one of its key components, rent, has yet…
Housing
Labour warns of “unbearable burden” as mortgage costs set to rise by £600 a year
Abena Oppong-Asare MP has warned that households will face an “unbearable burden” after analysis by Labour found that…
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…
Johnson plans to sacrifice yet more of our social housing stock to save his job
Scratching around for a ‘red-meat’ policy to salvage his premiership, Boris Johnson has revived the idea of extending…
Nandy denounces UK leasehold laws as “feudal” and demands reform
Lisa Nandy has denounced the UK’s leasehold laws as “feudal” and “archaic” and urged the government to reform…
Labour sets out its alternative to the “unworkable” Tory housing plan
“Absolutely unworkable in practice, because the government hasn’t, as usual, done the leg work.” That was Lisa Nandy’s…
Done right, the renters’ reform bill could transform the lives of millions of tenants
The private rented sector is estimated to house more than 20% of the population and is predicted to…
A house needs solid foundations to stand up – and so does a plan to help renters
The Queen’s Speech finally announced a long-awaited renters’ reform bill, but beneath the headlines, it lacks any real…
Tories reject bid to protect existing leaseholders by majority of 144
Conservative MPs have rejected, by a majority of 144 votes, an amendment put forward by Labour that would…
Our housing market is broken: let’s put first homes first, second homes second
Our housing market is broken. It’s in our rural and coastal communities where the problem is most severe:…
