Stop housing being treated as infrastructure’s poor relation

By Paul Hackett 2020-02-03T06:00:00

Give housing associations the chance to create communities, not just homes

Boris Johnson has something no Conservative prime minister has enjoyed since 1987 – a resounding parliamentary majority. As well as enabling his Brexit ambitions, it is clear from the Queen’s speech that the prime minister intends to refocus parliament on domestic issues.

Putting domestic policy at the top of government’s agenda should be a real opportunity for housing. With bills on building safety, private rental reform and a white paper on social housing all promised, housing should have no shortage of attention. But welcome action in these critical areas would leave unanswered some of the big questions housing associations and stock-owning councils face.

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