The question isn’t whether ending rough sleeping is desirable or achievable, it’s why previous attempts have collapsed.
- Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
Without state investment, strategic consideration and political support, the lessons learned since the start of the pandemic on the importance to society of a place to call home will be lost.
When an election looms, some politicians reach for the easy ‘crackdown’ on Travellers and Gypsies to win over core voters.
Housing currently accounts for almost one-fifth of the UK’s annual carbon emissions.
There are benefits to society of good housing for all – health, wellbeing, savings from costs of crime and health – that are not captured in its price.
Homelessness in the UK has been rising for a decade – short term funding may have offered respite, but it won’t lead to long term solutions.
From the economy to education, experts from a range of areas impacted by the budget share their reactions.
New policies on social housing and rough sleeping offer little fresh thinking on how to solve Britain’s housing shortage.
Millennials can’t count on MPs to act in their interest – unless more of them take to the ballot box.
Theresa May blames councils and developers for the housing crisis – but it’s a lack of leadership that’s the problem.
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