Britain’s housing crisis is a national emergency
The UNITE resolution, below, was passed at the recent TUC Congress. Too many homes are poorly insulated, with damp and mould; freezing in winter and overheating in summer. Nearly all our 29 million homes need improvement.Clearing social housing waiting lists will take over a century at the current rate. Housing costs are driving poverty; scarcity…
73,000 homes for “strategic partners” but just 3.8% are council homes
The government has announced the first tranche of funding for its Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026-36, for “Strategic Partners”. There has been much hyperbole and misinformation accompanying the announcement of the first funding for the government’s Social & Affordable Homes Programme. The official Labour Party Twitter account said that “Labour is funding more than…
Private funding is no solution to the housing crisis
Andy Haldane is an (informal) economic advisor to the government. His view on how to resolve the housing crisis is, therefore, of greater importance than if it was just the opinion of a private individual. He has written an article published in the Financial Times, “How to fix the housing crisis”. His ‘model’ is essentially…
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