Housing

Battling it out on welfare

27 January 2012 | Claudia Wood

The House of Lords opposition to the Welfare Reform Bill is testament to the hard work of campaigners and a victory for reason over negative rhetoric Read more...

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Housing rights and wrongs

12 January 2012 | Ken Lee

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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Digging housing out of a hole?

21 November 2011 | John Perry

The government’s new housing strategy does not quite live up to the hype. But at least it recognises that the issue has to move way up ministers’ ‘to do’ list  Read more

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Regeneration hits the rocks

4 November 2011 | John Perry

The coalition government has jettisoned Labour’s regeneration programmes, leaving many deprived communities high and dry as a result Read more

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Solar tariffs: not fit for purpose?

2 November 2011 | Libbie Henderson

Government changes to the solar panel Feed-in Tariff could be a nail in the coffin for social landlord and public sector projects that are trying to encourage energy efficiency  Read more

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Affordable homes: a five-point plan

26 October 2011 | Andy Hull

The government’s new Housing Strategy, due out next month, must do a lot more than tinker with the system if it is going to address our massive housing crisis Read more...

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CSR: a missed opportunity?

21 October 2011 | Richard Smith

One year into the Comprehensive Spending Review and many public bodies still do not have an effective strategy to deal with the new era of financial constraint. Simply salami slicing budgets isn’t going to work Read more

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Homelessness: the worst is yet to come

13 September 2011 | John Perry

The number of homeless people is rising rapidly and is likely to continue to grow. With no sign of an upturn in the economy, a perfect storm is brewing Read more

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Nihilists, nimbys and national planning

9 September 2011 | Nigel Keohane

Despite the heated opposition, it could be that the government’s changes to the planning system do make sense. With more than 200,000 additional homes needed, something has to give Read more

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