Kevin Gulliver
Kevin writes for Left Foot Forward about housing and the impact of government policy on low income communities. He is the Director of Birmingham-based research charity the Human City Institute and Chair of the Centre for Community Research but writes in a personal capacity; Kevin's interests are social and economic policy, especially relating to housing, health, communities and inequalities.
Institutional racism persists two decades after the McPherson report
In some ways, its got worse
Shelter report recommends major shake-up of social housing
The final report from the Shelter social housing commission calls for more than 3m new social homes to be built over the next two decades, extended social tenants’ rights, and greater regulation of the private rented sector.
This Brexit-obsessed government is neglecting the housing crisis
The government's house-building targets are too low
Yes Andrew Marr, rising homelessness is a political choice
The BBC host lamented the rising number of homeless people on the streets of Britain during the festive season, but forgot to explain why. Kevin Gulliver writes.
How new DWP chief Amber Rudd is in denial over Britain’s poverty crisis
Why was the new Work and Pensions boss' first Parliamentary statement to reject the United Nation's findings on poverty?
Theresa May’s housing announcements do not add up to a coherent strategy
National Housing Day: Tory plans will barely scratch the surface of the crisis in social housing, writes Kevin Gulliver.