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.
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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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Developers are selling even the sky above our heads
Also this week: why Ulez decided the Uxbridge election, and the death of “silly season”.
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With its impossible rents, London is trying to spit me out
In June I replied to 22 adverts on SpareRoom and made it through to five viewings. The competition is wild.
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It’s time for rules on short-term lets
Platforms like Airbnb enable everyday people to supplement their income – but the activity needs regulation.
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Lisa Nandy’s housing plan is radical and – most importantly – cheap
The shadow housing and levelling-up secretary is showing voters how Labour can change things without spending big.
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What is Labour’s housing policy?
It wants to be the party of home ownership.
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PMQs: Sunak’s housing policies are built on sand
By attacking the Conservatives on homeownership and house-building, Starmer is turning a traditional Tory strength into a weakness.
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The Policy Ask with Matt Downie: “Ending homelessness through a housing-first model is a transformative idea”
The CEO of Crisis on rogue landlords, the inhumanity of the “hostile environment” mantra and Finland’s housing-first policy.
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