Ken Lee

Housing rights and wrongs

Plans to revive the Right to Buy in housing could exacerbate the North/South divide. Politicians should consider introducing a 40% discount limit with no cash cap Read more...

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More questions than answers, by Ken Lee

Johnny Nash’s 1972 album ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ contains a number of gems, one of them being ‘There Are More Questions Than Answers’.  That title certainly seems very applicable to last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review and its possible effects on local authority housing. Read more...

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Cementing reform, by Ken Lee

The proposed local government housing finance changes have positive aspects but councils still have some work to do Read more...

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The £20bn question, by Ken Lee

Why should debt-free councils take on the housing burdens of other authorities? Section 151 officers must decide soon Read more...

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