Author Archives: Kevin Gulliver

Welfare reforms are cementing social tenants at the bottom of the economic pile

The picture emerging is one where social tenants are bearing the brunt of welfare reform and worsening austerity. This doesn’t quite gel with the chancellor Osborne’s claim that ‘we’re all in it together’.

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If Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme is a success, another housing market crash may be just around the corner

Despite bits and pieces to encourage provision of a few more affordable homes within the social sector, the big housing news from last week’s budget was that the government is seeking to expand home ownership again after a decline in the number and proportion of homeowners since 2005.

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The economic costs and real life consequences of the social housing crunch

Ahead of the Autumn Statement, Kevin Gulliver looks at the costs – economic and human – of the social housing crunch.

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Towards a ‘One Nation’ housing policy

Kevin Gulliver writes about putting Tenants Mutual at the centrepiece of a ‘One Nation’ housing policy for Ed Miliband and Labour.

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Reshuffle: Housing: Shapps’s legacy, and the challenges facing Prisk

Kevin Gulliver looks at Grant Shapps’s legacy as housing minister and the challenges facing his successor Mark Prisk.

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Cutting housing benefit for young people could cause homelessness

The Tory-led government’s plans to cut housing benefit for young people could cause homelessness.

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Why do ministers refuse to invest in a housing boost that would be great for the economy?

Housing boost would be great for the economy, so why are the government refusing to invest?

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Social mobility desperately needs to be top of the national policy agenda

Research shows the UK is a lot less socially mobile than other countries and this problem needs to be prioritised.

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Vote 2012: Midlands battlefield opens up for Labour

The key Midlands battleground for the general election saw some encouraging results for Labour in the local elections last night.

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Newham, Stoke, ‘social cleansing’ and economic growth

Kevin Gulliver reports on the housing crisis in the UK, and its role in yesterday’s negative growth figures, dragged down by the construction contraction.

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