When will the Tories accept that, to end homelessness, you need homes?
A Labour councillor writes… When it comes to housing, the Conservatives’ 2019 manifesto is scant on detail. But buried…
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Diarmaid Ward
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Jane Jacobs and Le Corbusier would agree on one thing: we need more social housing
Much has been written in CityMetric and beyond about the urban planning debates of the 1950s and ‘60s, that…
ByLetting councils borrow is a start. But what else needs to happen to tackle the housing crisis?
A Labour councillor from the London Borough of Islington on the government’s new housing policy. I never miss an opportunity to…
ByWith its social housing green paper, the government has missed an opportunity to tackle the housing crisis – again
A Labour London councillor on today’s green paper. London faces a housing crisis: it’s one of the most obvious…
ByDevelopers can no longer over-pay for land to wriggle out of their affordable housing commitments
The Labour Councillor and executive member for housing & development at the London Borough of Islington, on a landmark…
ByTen myths about council housing – and one ask
A Labour councillor and the executive member for housing & development at the London Borough of Islington on what…
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