
Britain’s new-build nightmare
How the dream of home ownership ran into the reality of an under-regulated market.
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How the dream of home ownership ran into the reality of an under-regulated market.
ByMy unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
ByI grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour…
ByIt’s one thing to reduce the technical power of the Nimbys; it’s quite another to change their cultural impact.
ByReforming these tricky processes is a noble undertaking; but it is not a silver bullet for fixing the housing crisis.
ByThe mocked and derided town is a rare success story of national planning.
ByThere is a term used in the council for people like this: solutionisers.
BySocial landlords should be seen as helping build lives, not as simply a safety net.
ByThe link between poor-quality homes and worklessness might be stronger than the government has bargained for.
ByWhy Labour finds it so difficult to get housebuilding off the ground.
ByBritain’s best housing programme shows the knot of planning laws the Housing Secretary must unravel.
ByAt a New Statesman event, the housing minister addressed the challenges ahead for the Labour government's housebuilding agenda.
ByWhat's driving the rise of renters' unions?
ByLondon Deputy Mayor Tom Copley on his and Sadiq Khan's plans for the capital.
ByThe housing campaigner on living standards, Michael Gove and Labour's 1.5 million homes target.
ByThe Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson on the party's plans for opposition.
ByThis eight-part series reveals the council homes unfit for human habitation – in horrifying detail.
ByThe policy is a drain on council resources and a gift to the private rental market.
ByIt might take ten years and a lot of shouting, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing.
ByIn a landlord’s market, with intense competition from fellow renters, you’re damned whatever you do.
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