All policy articles – Page 3
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CommentWhat should co-design in the local planning process look like?
Rather than standardising physical parameters, authority-wide design codes should be utilised by the next government as a “patchwork of participation”, writes Ben Derbyshire
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CommentWe need a national, collective vision for delivering homes
Unlike with the NHS, there is no clear idea of what we are trying to achieve from housing policy, writes David Orr
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CommentA Labour government can’t rely on ‘grey belt’ delivery alone to achieve a step-change in housing delivery
We will need to build on green belt land that does not fit neatly into Keir Starmer’s ‘grey belt’ definition, writes Katy Davis
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NewsSunak’s big election gamble – how the housing sector reacted
Initial thoughts from housing leaders as the prime minister unexpectedly calls a 4 July election
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NewsIn full: Angela Rayner’s speech to UKREiiF
Labour’s deputy leader today addressed the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) event in Leeds this morning, setting out more detail about the party’s policy including New Towns. Here is the full text of the speech.
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News‘We have not built enough homes’ admits Michael Gove
Housing secretary quizzed on latest homelessness figures
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NewsThinktank says ‘mania’ for high rise development has damaged UK cities
Policy Exchange report says tall buildings do not deliver high densities as claimed, and that boom in high rises has not helped address housing crisis
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NewsLabour to unveil golden rules for building on ‘grey belt’
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, says Knight Frank
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CommentWas Angela Rayner right to buy?
The shadow levelling-up secretary has taken flak for exercising her right to buy, but Labour too has a long history of dalliance with the concept of selling council homes, writes Ben Flatman
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In FocusThe general election race is on…what the parties are saying on housing, planning and building safety
The next general election is just months away. Housing Today looks at the key talking points.
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CommentLessons from Australia: What England’s social housing system could learn from down under
Matthew Bailes recently attended a housing conference in Melbourne. Here he compares the Australian and English social housing systems and finds much to like in the former.
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CommentHow do we respond to the devastating affordable housing funding cuts in Scotland?
The social housing sector in Scotland is reeling from a 26% cut to affordable housing funding. But what can the sector do in response? asks Ryan Barclay
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NewsDame Kate Barker to lead new housing inquiry
The economist will head up a new commission into housing shortages in England, 20 years on from the Barker review of housing supply
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NewsBudget 2024 reaction round-up: disappointment over lack of measures to boost supply
How key housing figures reacted to Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election Budget
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CommentWhy green belt development is sometimes the best
Building on the green belt is politically unpopular, but it can bring benefits that brownfield development cannot, argues Craig Pettit
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CommentMinisters must think of housing as national infrastructure - not as an addition to national debt
Long-term investment in housing would create economic benefits, supporting growth, jobs, skills and supply chains, argues Fiona Fletcher-Smith
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NewsGove unveils proposed planning guidance changes in bid to boost brownfield development
Housing secretary wants planning authorities to take a less “bureaucratic” approach to urban development
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CommentRevised planning framework shows Gove has not completely caved in to the NIMBYs
Ministers seem to have taken the view that there are votes in delivery, but can the proposals be delivered as intended, asks Peter Canavan
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NewsHousing bodies hit out at government over reported ‘British homes for British workers’ social housing policy
The Chartered Institute of Housing and Shelter raise concerns about ‘scapegoating policy ideas’