housing Articles

Debate over the housing crisis tends to focus on rising house prices, and (more recently) the impact of higher rents on people’s ability to save for deposits. In both cases the implication is that politicians should be doing more to remove the obstacles to ownership,...

We do not build enough houses in Britain. This leads to all kinds of problems like overcrowding, homelessness and young people living with their parents until, well until they are not really young people any more. The Conservatives have been completely ineffective at...

Despite the economy beginning to recover, it is clear that the benefits of growth are still not being shared widely enough. Falling unemployment levels have not translated to quality jobs or a better sense of security for families. Nowhere is this a bigger challenge...

In his speech at conference last week, Ed Miliband once again placed housing at the centre of Labour’s general election campaign. He went further, making it a major plank of Labour's long-term plan for Britain. He stated that under Labour, Britain would build ‘as many...