Sustainable Communiites: Equity and Tenure
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009The recession and the credit crunch are wreaking havoc with the government’s long term policy to build more sustainable communities. Home ownership — and shared ownership — are at the centre of the policy. But as it becomes more difficult for the low paid to secure mortgages can we cast aside the nightmare of equity [...]
More on Housing
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008I’m buoyed by Bob Piper’s announcement that in the next Bob Piper’s next goverment there will be a role for me in his Department of Housing. This and other response’s on my previous housing post (both comments and emails) make me think I’ll stick with the topic for a while.
Andrew Brown raises the question [...]
Housing - The Issue That Won’t Go Away
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Last night’s rebellion by a group of Labour MPs (including five ex-Ministers) put social housing back in the spotlight, at least for a little while. I’ve felt for a long time now that social housing is simply the forgotten area of public policy.
During Labour’s Deputy Leader contest Jon Cruddas made housing a central plank [...]
Pathfinder is a Success
Saturday, November 10th, 2007I was somewhat bemused by yesterday’s battering of the ‘Pathfinder Housing programme’. Basically, the National Audit Office produced a report that said it was difficult to credit any of the improvement in the Pathfinder areas to the scheme itself. The press loved it. John Humphreys had a field day. Another failed government initiative - it [...]
