England’s rapidly growing private rented sector isn’t playing the role it was set up to play. When you hear that a third of renters are families with children, or that as many as four in ten renters receive some housing … Continue reading →

As often happens on Sunday mornings, I hazily grab my phone, look at Twitter, and spot an interesting new idea that a politician or think tank has floated to deal with an aspect of our housing crisis. This weekend it … Continue reading →

The Shelter campaign that seems to have stuck in people’s minds the most in recent years was the one setting out what the cost of household goods would be if their prices had gone up at the same rate as … Continue reading →

We’re always fascinated to see how the kind of housing people have relates to their voting intentions. It’s great to have Ben Marshall, from the pollsters Ipsos MORI, blogging here on their latest analysis. One stat really jumps out for … Continue reading →

It was with some gusto that Planning Minister Nick Boles launched the latest Government planning policy to incentivise new house building on Newsnight yesterday evening. Agreeing with Shelter’s research findings that a key barrier in the planning system is often … Continue reading →