The government’s £163m fund would provide much-needed boost for community-led housing organisations – but it might also take away their control over new developments.
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Improving social housing can help reduce emergency hospital admissions – and more.
Grenfell was a ‘catastrophic regulatory failure’, and reform is still needed – but above all, tenants must be empowered to make their homes safe.
Millennials can’t count on MPs to act in their interest – unless more of them take to the ballot box.
Inclusionary planning schemes can reduce land costs and ensure that affordable homes are well located near jobs and services.
Theresa May blames councils and developers for the housing crisis – but it’s a lack of leadership that’s the problem.
This is how the working-class traders of Chrisp Street Market stood up to property developers – and won.
A new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows home ownership rates have collapsed: today, just one in four middle-income millennials will own their own home.
Developers will now be responsible for dealing with noise issues from nearby music venues – but it will take real community activism to prevent closures.
Mass production with a touch of customisation could be the best future for affordable homes.
Local residents of St Andrews feel university growth has come at too high a cost – it’s time for local councils and universities to overcome the divide between town and gown.
Residents may be right to fear for their lives.
Only the national government can solve the housing crisis – but local authorities can make a big difference in their communities.
Council housing in England has not been built on any kind of scale since the late 1970s.
No one party is responsible for the disaster: local or national, Labour or Conservative – they all are.
It’s time for the regions to step up…
The symptoms are clear, but the cure will remain elusive until we recognise the many sources of the problem.
Renting makes financial sense in a number of circumstances; it’s time to move away from the obsession with home ownership.
Without better regulation, renting will still be insecure and unaffordable.
It’s not in developers’ interests to flood the market with new housing – so will the government step in?
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor (Housing Policy), Adelaide University, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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University of Liverpool
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Politics and Public Administration, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance, UCL
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Social Policy, Research Fellow, University of Bath
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Reader in Applied Social Research, King's College London