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Raising the roof: Strategies for a fixing a broken housing market

  • In a modern, relatively wealthy society, everyone should have the right to a safe and secure home. Yet all the evidence – not least the dramatic increase in people sleeping rough on our streets – demonstrates that this need is still a long way from being
    Unfinished business
    PF Perspectives
    15 Mar 18
    Everyone should have the right to a safe and secure home. Yet all the evidence demonstrates that this need is still a long way from being met, says Sir Michael Lyons.
  • What can the government do to create a truly mixed economy of housing? Measures to improve affordability must be at the top of the agenda
    Mixing it up
    PF Perspectives
    15 Mar 18
    What can the government do to create a truly mixed economy of housing? Measures to improve affordability must be at the top of the agenda, says Terrie Alafat. 
  • Local communities deserve the very highest standards of design in public housing. Councils have a crucial role to play in making that happen
    Public by design
    PF Perspectives
    15 Mar 18
    Local communities deserve the very highest standards of design in public housing. Councils have a crucial role to play in making that happen, says Paul Karakusevic.
  • Many councils are returning to a direct role in local housing provision. This means grappling with planning issues and new forms of local authority ownership
    Back to a new future
    PF Perspectives
    15 Mar 18
    Many councils are returning to a direct role in local housing provision. This means grappling with planning issues and new forms of local authority ownership, says Janice Morphet. 
  • First, the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower, tragic testimony to decades of neglect of social housing and an institutional failure to listen to the voice of tenants.
    Fixing the housing system
    PF Perspectives
    14 Mar 18
    Two iconic images sum up the most extreme consequences of our dysfunctional housing system, says Rob Whiteman. 
  • Housing associations have the potential to deliver vastly more affordable homes. But first we must get back to the land issue
    Losing the plot
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    Housing associations have the potential to deliver vastly more affordable homes. But first we must get back to the land issue, says David Orr. 
  • Successful housing development involves using the distinctive qualities of the private and public sectors. Here’s how it’s done
    Better together
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    Successful housing development involves using the distinctive qualities of the private and public sectors. Here’s how it’s done, says Natalie Elphicke. 
  • Investment in social housing is vital for economic sustainability. The housing revenue account must demonstrate this
    Held to account
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    Investment in social housing is vital for economic sustainability. The housing revenue account must demonstrate this, says Ken Lee. 
  • The home-owning democracy has gone into steep decline. And politicians are not being decisive enough about dealing with it
    Not living the dream
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    The home-owning democracy has gone into steep decline. And politicians are not being decisive enough about dealing with it, says Liam Booth-Smith.
  • What factors are responsible for the lack of affordable new homes? And does government intervention in the market help – or just push up prices more?
    Can't pay, Won't pay?
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    What factors are responsible for the lack of affordable new homes? And does government intervention in the market help – or just push up prices more? asks Richard Disney.
  • Poverty has doubled among private tenants within a decade – a big factor in rising homelessness. What is to be done?
    Building a route out of poverty
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    Poverty has doubled among private tenants within a decade – a big factor in rising homelessness. What is to be done? asks Brian Robson.
  • The housing and health sectors need to align their services more closely, to house essential workers and improve the patient experience
    Dare to share
    PF Perspectives
    13 Mar 18
    The housing and health sectors need to align their services more closely, to house essential workers and improve the patient experience, says Andrew Van Doorn. 
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