housing Articles

The one ‘missing giant’ from the founding text of the welfare state was how we deal with care in our society, argues our editorial Tackling inequality is at the very heart of the centre-left and Labour project. It is what has driven our movement since its foundation....

There is no ‘silver bullet’ to solve the housing crisis, but the land value tax comes pretty close, finds David Adler More than any Conservative government in modern history, Theresa May’s is serious about housing. It is May’s 'personal mission' to fix the ‘broken...

Reducing planning gain and cutting the cost of building could radically alter Britain's housing market, writes Geoff Beacon I grew up in Kent in a house built by my father in 1946 on land given as a wedding present. The area had been divided into plots by the...

The government's housing white paper is evolutionary, not revolutionary – and it leaves much ground for Labour to occupy, argues Mark Walker In as much fanfare as the Brexit news cycle will allow the government launched its housing white paper last week – 'Fixing our...