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Removing local authorities’ ability to oversee how the built environment changes will not solve the housing crisis. In fact, it might make inequality worse.
Time is running out to ensure that people in fuel poverty can afford to keep warm this winter.
An expert breaks down the new proposals.
Throughout last winter, 81% of homes in a new study were colder than the recommended minimum – the coldest fell to a minimum hourly average of 5 degrees. Cold homes can have deadly consequences.
Guardianship is generally presented as a ‘win-win’ business model. But many guardians do it out of financial stress, not choice.
Tenants in social housing and the private rental market alike face discrimination and a lack of disrepair regulation.
England’s housing strategy will consume our entire carbon budget by 2050 – there are alternatives, but they face political and economic barriers.
It would be better to focus on building.
Governments acted swiftly to reduce homelessness during the pandemic. Their actions could tell us how to end it permanently.
Domestic violence is a housing issue. Ensuring survivors have access to safe accommodation is key to enabling them to escape.
The technology exists, but homeowners aren’t being swayed by subsidies.
The amount of ‘commercial’ activity on the home sharing platform has increased drastically.
The government has long promoted the idea that we can build our way out of the housing crisis. Startling numbers of empty homes suggest the problem isn’t one of scarcity but affordability
Insulate Britain, a new environmental campaign group, is right to highlight the need for action on home insulation.
A new analysis shows how government policy led to thousands more overcrowded households in the years ahead of the pandemic.
Homes are now not only places to live, but also pensions, savings accounts and social care plans.
The current focus on number of homes built ignores other issues of social and environmental justice.
Coronavirus has made it glaringly obvious how serious the problems with UK housing are.
The size of our housing is linked to our physical and mental health.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor (Housing Policy), Adelaide University, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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University of Liverpool
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Politics and Public Administration, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance, UCL
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Social Policy, Research Fellow, University of Bath
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Reader in Applied Social Research, King's College London