housing Articles

The private rented sector is fast becoming the only housing option for low-to-middle-income families. Even with Help to Buy, home-ownership is too great a stretch for many, especially in expensive areas, and they are very unlikely to get access to affordable housing....

The best way to address some of the key battlegrounds of the 2015 election, such as creating growth, reforming welfare and tackling concerns about immigration, is by building more homes. I was therefore delighted when Ed Miliband this week decided the new shadow...

The massive growth of the private rented sector in recent years has shone a spotlight on some of its problems. While most private rented homes provide a high-quality and flexible form of tenure, the sector faces major challenges when it comes to property conditions....

Between April and September 2012, nearly 21,000 people used food banks in the south-west of England, while, in this year alone, 5,000 people have regularly used food banks in the county of Norfolk. These figures are both an irrefutable sign of a growing rural poverty...