Housing

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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‘Generation rent’ needs a helping hand

31 August 2011 | Vidhya Alakeson

Without a clear signal from government of its commitment to  build-to-let development, we are unlikely to see  investment take off in a new type of private rented sector   Read more

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Council house evictions: a kneejerk reaction

14 August 2011 | John Perry

Plans to evict council tenants involved in last week’s rioting are based on a number of false arguments. The government is simply looking for a headline-catching ruse to give the impression that it is responding robustly Read more

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Get real about public service business failures

1 August 2011 | John Perry

Oliver Letwin’s claims about open public services ignore the fact that it will be the public sector picking up the tab for business failures  Read more

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We’re not all localists now

1 August 2011 | David Walker

Across Whitehall ‘growth’ has become the rallying cry, and localism is being sacrificed to the urgent demand for economic development  Read more

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Mixed up over mutuals

21 July 2011 | John Perry

The government’s plan to establish public sector mutuals – run by staff – will face a number of difficulties, not least European Union competition rules Read more...

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