House work
Taxing questions
The biggest round of applause at this morning’s welfare conference was reserved for a peer, but it wasn’t Lord Freud.
Waiting game
On 19 April 1976 an individual put their name down for housing in Hammersmith and Fulham. They’re still waiting.
Taken on merit
Basing housing allocations on merit is gaining support, but it should not be at the expense of need.
Leading the way
Social landlords are already addressing the problems identified by the Independent Riots, Communities and Victims Panel
History lessons
Will history look more favourably on the Tenant Services Authority than Grant Shapps did?
Getting radical
As the extent of fuel poverty become clear serious questions have to be asked of the tools for tackling the problem
Side effects
Welfare reform may be the biggest challenge facing the sector, but its nature is still uncertain.
Off the Field
Legislation put forward by Labour backbencher Frank Field poses ideological and practical difficulties, says Tom Lloyd
Not so exceptional
How unusual is it to be under 25, single, and in need of social housing? Not particularly, you might think.
Unresolved issues
Mulled wine induced memory loss appears to have set in at some national news outlets in recent days
Social control
Councils and the government are taking a hard line on making the best use of existing social housing stock.
Dodging the debt
Stock transfer seems to be undergoing a bit of a revival, and it is causing the same arguments as ever.
The right stuff
One of the more interesting bits of David Cameron’s ‘radical’ vision for housing is his reinvention of the 1980’s policy right to buy.
Starting gun
The passage of the Localism Bill through parliament marks a major shift for the social housing sector, but in which direction?
The wrong side of the law
A recent case raises questions about the government’s approach to combating subletting
Swap shop
It started off as the ‘right to move’ then it was the ‘freedom pass’ now it has become ‘homeswap direct’.
The right approach?
Grant Shapps’ promise that the coalition government would deliver a net increase in affordable homes has always sounded a little hollow.
No room for manoeuvre
Affordable rent isn’t affordable. That seems to be the message emerging from studies into the impact of the government’s new regime.
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