News Smith pledges to end “moral scandal” of homelessness in five years Owen Smith has promised to eradicate homelessness over the course of a parliament, with pledges to build new affordable… Sarah Pine 28th August, 2016, 10:52 am
News Khan pushes for the finishing line and tells Londoners to choose hope over fear Sadiq Khan today issues a rallying cry to Londoners to “choose hope over fear” as he unveiled a… Sarah Pine 3rd May, 2016, 9:56 am
News MPs slam Cameron’s right to buy plan over lack of detail David Cameron’s controversial plan to sell off housing association properties to tenants at a discount has today come… Sarah Pine 29th April, 2016, 7:31 pm
News Labour inflicts another Lords defeat on Tories’ hated housing bill Labour has won another key battle in the House of Lords over the Tories’ “half-baked” housing bill. Opposition… Peter Edwards 14th April, 2016, 10:04 am
Comment Homes for the people, by the people After work, housing is the second question Labour needs to address if it forms a government next week,… Jon Wilson 17th April, 2015, 10:12 am
Featured Stop telling tenants “success doesn’t live here” This column has been on my to do list for a long time. I kept thinking “oh, I… Emma Burnell 13th March, 2014, 9:35 am
Comment The Tories have laid the foundations of disaster in London And so it begins. Newham Council’s decision to attempt to rehouse 500 families 160 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent… Emma Burnell 26th April, 2012, 11:39 am
Comment A sledgehammer that won’t even crack the nut Since they came to power in May 2010, we’ve seen this Tory-dominated Government attack the poorest people in… Kerry Pollard 8th December, 2011, 12:05 pm
Comment A sinister social housing agenda As the Minister responsible for the first wave of post-war house building, Aneurin Bevan was driven by the… Matthew Pennycook 10th November, 2011, 10:28 am