Back to the Future: private renting to help the homeless
I am feeling very Marty McFly at present – for the last year I feel as though I have been living through the nightmarish world of Back to the Future II overseen by the narcissistic, thin skinned rather idiotic bully Biff Tannan – presiding over a community going to the dogs. Specifically, in this last…
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Waiting for the Housing Buses
This week the Government showed their hand on rough sleeping and social housing. In what could be described as a sensible series of coordinated announcements, the Government has released both its Rough Sleeping Strategy, (to tackle one of the most extreme manifestations of the housing crisis) followed the very next day by the long awaited…
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Housing First – what's not to like?
Housing First is a fantastic model with a proven record of tackling homelessness. But can it work in the UK, where housing is in such desperately short supply?
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I, Ashley Horsey…
Ken Loach’s latest film is a powerful indictment of the system that crushes both the people it’s supposed to be helping, and those who work within it
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Supported housing: not just for lords and ladies
The House of Lords may be “the best elderly day-care centre in London”, but where is the rest of our social housing going to come from?
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The Housing White Paper: a chance for change
Will the government’s long-awaited housing white paper finally set the UK housing market on the road to reform?
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