The housing crisis outrage machine
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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.
Why Michael Gove’s planning reforms won’t deliver sustainable housing
The Housing Secretary’s new planning framework for England does little to encourage net zero development.
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Leasehold is the ultimate symbol of our broken economic model
To challenge rentier capitalism, the next Labour government should end the great leasehold con.
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Housing benefits still won’t keep up with skyrocketing rents
Despite what Jeremy Hunt said in his Autumn Statement, reforms to the Local Housing Allowance don’t go anywhere near far…
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Four out of five landlords want higher energy efficiency standards, polling shows
Research from the Social Market Foundation suggests there is little support for the government’s backtracking on energy performance upgrades.
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Mortgages are approaching a new cliff edge
Why Jeremy Hunt can’t stop the housing crash.
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The housing battle of Hastings
A perfect storm is engulfing the East Sussex seaside town – and dozens of other councils facing bankruptcy.
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The UK housing crash is just beginning
For the first time since 2007, the returns on a typical new buy-to-let property have entered negative territory.
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Why isn’t Keir Starmer afraid of building on the green belt?
Shifts in voting patterns mean that building rather than blocking housing is now in Labour’s electoral interests.
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Here’s how to tackle Britain’s housing crisis
Without investment in social housing, waiting lists grow – as will the number of people trapped in hotels, hostels and…
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Why you should be nice to Nimbys
Blind hatred never built a house.
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The real reason Britain can’t build anything
From HS2 to housing shortages, we forget that two-thirds of the British population live on a quarter of the land.
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Lib Dems split by housing targets
Disagreements speak to the heart of the party: is it for the young or the old?
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Those priced out of home ownership need champions in parliament
In the postwar era, both parties had housebuilding front and centre of their vision. It’s time for us to do…
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In power, Labour will have to act like a wartime cabinet
Would an “activist” Starmer government have what it takes to rebuild Britain’s collapsing infrastructure?
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“It’s not that radical”: the planning reform that will unlock net zero
An amendment to the Levelling-up Bill is looking to weld the planning system to the UK’s climate commitments.
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Deano is Britain’s most misunderstood man
The left refuses to grapple with the realities of petty bourgeois life.
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Down with free market urbanism
London is more than an economic engine.
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Oxford Street’s decline is a parable for the UK
The failure to pedestrianise the shopping street shows our local government system is broken.
By Why Michael Gove’s long-term plan for housing falls short
Without meaningful commitments from government, we won’t have decent, affordable and energy-efficient homes.
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