David Cameron’s plans to curtail migrants’ rights to social housing have the appearance of being thought up quickly and not thought through properly. There are much better ways to increase the availability of homes to UK-born applicants Read more...
The Prime Minister’s aversion to extra borrowing is coming under sustained attack. There is now a strong argument to increase spending in next week’s Budget in order to build more houses and boost the economy Read more
Home ownership among young adults is declining fast as an unwilling ‘generation rent’ takes over. But could the government be doing more to help? Read more...
As a wealth of data continues to pour out from the 2011 census, we need to remind ourselves how valuable it is. Government suggestions that this census might be the last one are nonsensical and should be resisted Read more
There is an urgent need for more credible policies on migration that might slowly regain people’s confidence. By setting numerical targets, the government has begun a contest that is difficult for anyone to win Read more
The construction of more council houses could help provide homes to rent while boosting job creation and the wider economy. George Osborne should lift the borrowing caps on local authorities to make this happen Read more
The case for councils being allowed to borrow up to affordable limits to build more homes has been made before, but there was never a better time for the government to listen Read more
The Future Homes Commission calls for a revolution in the supply of affordable housing , but is relying on local authority pension funds to pay for it. That’s a problem Read more
Housing bodies should be in the lead in driving towards the government’s carbon emission targets, but energy efficiency has fallen down their agenda. They must make the most of the government’s new Green Deal Read more...
Publication of the latest UK statistics brought gleeful reports of a reduction in net migration – the difference between immigration and emigration. But how reliable are the figures? Read more
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