Housing

Our founder and editor-in-chief’s weekly highlights from the magazine

It’s housing. There simply aren’t enough homes. Successive governments have promised to solve the problem, but none of them have managed it, perhaps knowing any policy would benefit their successor. It’s time for that to end

There is a battle in Britain to stop the future being built. And one Essex village encapsulates all that’s wrong about British NIMBYism

My rent is about to jump by well over 10% and I’m not alone in my struggle. Why aren’t alarm bells ringing for the government?

While older Britons have their final salary pensions and the triple lock, young people today can’t even afford to start a family. That could be pushing the country towards political disaster

Gen Z were ignored, insulted and their most important years were ruined by Covid. Today’s young, Gen A, must have a better start. Our future depends on it

Across the channel, rent control, land reform and social housing investment have kept greedy landlords and homelessness at bay. It’s not too late to change course

Italy’s one-euro homes are becoming a nightmare for local authorities – so they’re selling them off

Rising bills and housing costs, coupled with a precarious jobs market, have trapped many young people in lives they do not want

It was once a financial move for old age, but now, faced with stagnant wages and stubborn mortgage rates, younger homeowners are selling up and shrinking

The resignation of housing minister Rushanara Ali shows Starmer’s government mired in the same ethical scandal it once condemned

The country needs a new way of looking at politics and economics. This might just be the answer

Social housing in the UK has a reputation for drabness. Other countries have done it far better – it’s time to learn from the ones who got it right

Gere is no fan of Trump or America’s current political climate. So, like an increasing number of US citizens, he left for Europe

Labour are trying to fix Britain’s housing crisis. But they can’t expect any credit for it

Reform in Southend are campaigning against plans for new housing. Wait until they find out who was behind them...

In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right

The government is planning to build ‘up to 12’. Is this the key to Britain’s housing problems, or are they an environmentally damaging waste?

It’s almost impossible to find any data about the UK’s housing market which is not dreadful in comparison with our European neighbours. There is one place to start

Times have changed, UK pensioners are now escaping Brexit Britain in search of Italy's low and convenient rents

The end of no fault evictions is music to the ears

No government in half a century has built 300,000 homes every year, but that’s what Labour wants to do now

The reason why Brexiteers are suddenly finding the capital unwelcoming lies closer to home than they think

Here’s how Rachel Reeves can start setting the economy back on track without breaking the bank

When the rest of the world looks at Britain they see a country of systemic failures, dysfunction and absurdity. But it need not be like this

In both situations, it can feel like waiting for the deal-breaker to present itself

Foreigners snapping up the properties don't always know what they are taking on

Affordable housing should be a defining election issue for Britain’s young people

With political willpower, 2025 could see London become the test bed for a new generation of rent control powers

The only answer to our property problems is unlocking the ability to build more homes

Crippling rent rises are fuelling calls to abolish landlords. But this so-called ‘easy fix’ must be resisted

The Tory party has been captured by the Nimbys