Britain’s new-build nightmare
How the dream of home ownership ran into the reality of an under-regulated market.
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Navigate the complex landscape of the UK housing market with our comprehensive collection of articles including long-read features and in-depth analysis.
A cold childhood
My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
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The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour…
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Labour’s halfway-there planning reforms
It’s one thing to reduce the technical power of the Nimbys; it’s quite another to change their cultural impact.
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Can Labour fix Britain’s broken planning system?
Reforming these tricky processes is a noble undertaking; but it is not a silver bullet for fixing the housing crisis.
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Lessons for Britain from Milton Keynes
The mocked and derided town is a rare success story of national planning.
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The wisdom of residents’ associations
There is a term used in the council for people like this: solutionisers.
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We have to end the social housing stigma
Social landlords should be seen as helping build lives, not as simply a safety net.
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Can the housing and productivity crises be solved at the same time?
The link between poor-quality homes and worklessness might be stronger than the government has bargained for.
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Bringing the house down?
Why Labour finds it so difficult to get housebuilding off the ground.
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Angela Rayner, Grand Designs and the British housing nightmare
Britain’s best housing programme shows the knot of planning laws the Housing Secretary must unravel.
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Matthew Pennycook: “The housing crisis is acute and entrenched”
At a New Statesman event, the housing minister addressed the challenges ahead for the Labour government's housebuilding agenda.
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Tenants of the world, unite!
What's driving the rise of renters' unions?
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Why London’s fractured housing market is going to take time to heal
London Deputy Mayor Tom Copley on his and Sadiq Khan's plans for the capital.
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Kwajo Tweneboa: “Let’s build housing on a scale not seen since the Second World War”
The housing campaigner on living standards, Michael Gove and Labour's 1.5 million homes target.
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Vikki Slade: “We agree that new homes are needed, but they must be the right homes”
The Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson on the party's plans for opposition.
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The Trapped: inside Britain’s social housing scandal
This eight-part series reveals the council homes unfit for human habitation – in horrifying detail.
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What Labour gets wrong about Right to Buy
The policy is a drain on council resources and a gift to the private rental market.
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Why Rachel Reeves should crash the housing market
It might take ten years and a lot of shouting, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing.
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The property rental market is a hellscape
In a landlord’s market, with intense competition from fellow renters, you’re damned whatever you do.
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