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Key Documents
DCH Sep 2010 briefing

DCH Aug 2010 briefing on housing benefit cuts.

For detailed arguments and evidence, download DCH paper.

Also see DCH's response to John Hills' Ends & Means report in Feb 2007.

Other Useful Reports
Everyone knows we have a housing crisis: let's do something about it
Keith Taylor MEP, Keith Taylor Green MEP south east England
19/03/15

Election 2015 briefing - Housing
Class, Class
19/02/15

MIPIM - Carving up our Communities
Unite London, Unite the Union
14/10/14

Local decisions on tenure reform
Shelter
31/07/12

Bricks or Benefits? Rebalancing housing investment
Kate Webb, Shelter
23/05/12

End of the affair: Implications of declining Home Ownership
The Smith Institute
23/06/11

Impact Assessment for Affordable Rent
Communities and Local Government (CLG)
09/06/11

Security of Tenure in Social Housing: an International Review
Suzanne Patrick; Hal Pawson, Shelter/Heriot Watt University
10/05/11

Local Decisions: Summary of responses to consultation
CLG
28/02/11

Second reading of Localism Bill - record of debate
Hansard
17/01/11

Shelter response to: Local Decisions - a fairer future for social housing January 2011
Shelter
03/01/11

Localism Bill
Parliament
13/12/10

Local decisions: a fairer future for social housing
CLG
22/11/10

Mixed Communities: Evidence review
CLG
22/11/10

Widening the Rental Housing Market
CIH
16/08/10

Building a new regulatory framework
Tenant Services Authority
09/06/09

In the Mix: Narrowing the gap between public and private housing
Fabian Society
01/05/09

Scrap tenancy for life, urges think tank
Inside Housing
24/04/09

Principles for Social Housing Reform
Localis
21/04/09

Housing poverty
Kate Davies, Centre for Social Justice
02/12/08

Analysing Key Trends in the Supply and Distribution of Social Housing Lettings
Housing Corporation
25/11/08

ACHIEVING MOBILITY IN THE INTERMEDIATE HOUSING MARKET: MOVING UP AND MOVING ON?
Alison Wallace, JRF
07/11/08

Housing Reform  Open Letter to Tenants
CIG
21/10/08

RETHINKING HOUSING
CIH
07/10/08

Tenant empowerment - What the new regulatory regime must deliver
Ian Keys, NLGN
01/10/08

Social Housing and Worklessness : Qualitative Research Findings
DWP
26/08/08

Housing market recessions and sustainable homeownership ownership
JRF
02/07/08

Responses from the JRF to the Housing Green Paper: Sustainable Home Ownership
JRF
02/07/08

Understanding demographic, spatial and economic impacts on future affordable housing demand
CCHPR
27/05/08

Unfinished business: Housing associations compliance with the rent arrears pre-action protocol and use of Ground 8
Citizens Advice Bureau
21/05/08

Social Housing and Worklessness
DWP
01/05/08

The Future of Social Housing
Caroline Flint, Fabian Society Lecture
05/02/08

Fabian lecture Work 'commitment contracts'
Caroline Flint, C:G
05/02/08

Hills, Cave and After: Renewing Social Housing
Human City Institute
30/11/07

Firm Foundations: The Future of Housing in Scotland
The Scottish Government,
31/10/07

Housing association tenancies
Shelter
06/07/07

Ends & Means: The future roles of social housing in England
Prof John Hills, Case, LSE
20/02/07

The Future of Housing Policy
Ruth Kelly, Fabian Society Lecture
14/02/07

The Path to Success: research on Housing Benefit reform
Shelter
01/10/06

Rethinking Social Housing
Smith Institute
20/07/06

The Demand for Social Rented Housing  A Review of Data Sources and Supporting Case Study Material
Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research
31/03/06

Basingstoke: Stock transfer ten years on
Ian Tilbury, Basingstoke Council
01/10/05

Stock Transfer:Essential reading before you choose
Tower Hamlets Law Centre
01/06/05

Large Scale Voluntary Transfer: not all honey and roses
Jan Luba, L&T Rev
01/01/00

Rent levels, affordability and housing benefit
Wendy Wilson, House of Commons Library
22/06/98

housing united
01/01/00, IPPR
19/01/00
Attacks on the unique 'secure' tenancies that council tenants won in 1979 after a determined campaign are never far away. Those who are opposed in principle to high quality public services available to all and who want everyone forced into the hands of the private market are determined to weaken the position of council tenants, stigmatising council housing as 'housing of last resort', and trying to take away our 'secure' tenancies or impose means testing or time limits.
Latest attack on council housing principles
Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted to time-limit all new council and housing association tenancies to as little as five years (3 Aug 2010). This makes a lie of his pre-election promises to respect tenants’ rights. It follows savage cuts to Housing Benefit announced in the June budget, and threats to slash spending on public services.
It is the latest in a long line of such attacks on tenants’ rights (see below). For more information see the DCH Sep 2010 briefing on security of tenure and briefing on HB cuts.
We can stop these attacks. Use the DCH open statement to collect signatures against the cuts and attacks, and see events this autumn >>
A short history of attacks we have seen off
In July 2006 the Smith Institute published a pamphlet Rethinking Social Housing which argued all social housing encouraged dependancy and so tenants should be forced into the private market by introducing means testing and time limits on secure tenancies.
On 13 Feb 2007 Secretary of State Ruth Kelly followed up with a Fabian 'The Future of Housing Policy' Lecture talking about 'helping' tenants into home ownership by giving us "10% stakes". (Defend Council Housing slams Ruth Kelly's speech). The speech was deliberately timed a week before Professor John Hills was due to publish the results of his 'Review of Social Housing'.
On 20 February 2007 Professor John Hills published his report on the ‘Role of Social Housing’. To his credit he refused to recommend an end to 'secure' tenancies. See DCH's response to the Hills report.
In November 2007 Ministers were forced to retract a proposed means-testing clause in the Housing and Regeneration Bill.
In February 2008, Housing Minister Caroline Flint gave a Fabian Lecture calling for tenants to sign up to 'commitment contracts' ( Council tenants condemn Flint's statement).
The next attack on 'secure' tenancies came from the Chartered Institute of Housing. Their Rethinking housing report (Oct 2008) argued that when tenants' circumstances improve they should either move into the private sector (private renting or home ownership) or pay market rents. See key extract. The CIH was so shocked that tenants and others objected that they issued an immediate 'open letter'. See DCH initial response, follow up and Beckett dismisses tenancy for life speculation.
A report by the New Local Government Network recommended market rents, the end of secure tenancies, forcing elderly tenants to leave their family homes once their children grow up, and intrusive ‘advice sessions’ for tenants designed to bully them into the private sector. (Tenant Empowerment: What the new regulatory regime must deliver, Oct 2008).
In response to all this, Government said it was planning a new Housing Reform Green Paper for December 2008 - but later denied there were any such plans.
In December 2008 Iain Duncan Smith’s Centre for Social Justice argued for end of any obligation to provide council housing, to encourage private landlordism. This was followed by a report 'Principles for Social Housing Reform', from Localis, coauthored by Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh, recommending councils should “exploit [the] huge reserve of capital value” in their houses and the land by selling it off and charging “market terms”.
The Tenant Services Authority published draft standards trying to water down security of tenure in June 2009; after protests it backed off these threats – saying that landlords “must offer and issue the most secure form of tenure” and deleting the offending line (Nov 2009).
Read the evidence
Most of these attacks are based on false claims about council housing which don't stand up to scrutiny. For more detailed arguments and evidence, download DCH paper.
Press Articles
Bedroom Tax sees Liverpool homes stand empty
Liverpool Echo
08/11/14

At yacht parties in Cannes, Councils have been selling our homes from under us
Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian
14/10/14

Council consults on secure tenancies
Inside Housing
19/06/12

Subletting council houses could become criminal offence
Guardian
01/01/12

Housing Benefits cuts will put 800,000 homes out of reach, according to study
Guardian
01/01/12

Why reviving Right to Buy won't work
Peter Hetherington, Guardian
04/10/11

Government backtracks on five year tenancies
Inside Housing
28/07/11

We will be creating ghettos of failure
Huffington Post
23/07/11

Housing crisis brings despair
Morning Star
16/07/11

Minister worried about housing benefit cap
Inside Housing
13/07/11

Labour would aim to keep 'affordable' rent
Inside Housing
07/07/11

No mention of Shapp's 5 year tenancy pledge in consultation
Inside Housing
07/07/11

Housing benefit changes will lead to cardboard city
BBC News
04/07/11

Unions call for rent control
Inside Housing
24/06/11

Homelessness in Wales on the rise
Inside Housing
24/06/11

Shapps: affordable rent is here to stay
Inside Housing
23/06/11

Greenhalgh says social housing should be a launch pad
Inside Housing
21/06/11

Public oppose cuts that drive up homelessness
Inside Housing
17/06/11

Private landlords to cut homes let to tenants on benefits
Inside Housing
14/06/11

£26,000 benefit cap may be relaxed
Inside Housing
13/06/11

Providers embrace affordable rent despite fears
Inside Housing
13/06/11

London council pact to protect childre
Inside Housing
10/06/11

Shapps: interest in affordable rent exceeding 'wildest expectations'
Inside Housing
09/06/11

Affordable homes to raise housing benefit bill
Inside Housing
09/06/11

Housing a major point of Localism Bill Lords debate
Inside Housing
08/06/11

Shapps defends fixed-term tenancies against Shelter report
Inside Housing
07/06/11

Shapps announces plan to restrict social housing for high earners
Inside Housing
06/06/11

Fixed-term tenancies are failing abroad
Inside Housing
06/06/11

Councillor accused of distorting data
Inside Housing
06/06/11

Miliband reveals thoughts on housing and localism
Inside Housing
03/06/11

Charity wins fight to take government to court over benefit reforms
Inside Housing
03/06/11

Islington: we'd rather build on school land than charge 80% rents
Inside Housing
20/05/11

Campaigners fight underoccupancy cut
Inside Housing
18/05/11

Amendment achieved as Localism Bill voted through
Inside Housing
18/05/11

Lib Dems demand changes to workless benefit cap
Inside Housing
18/05/11

Labour launches fight against fixed-term tenancies
Inside Housing
17/05/11

Benefit cap for unemployed survives Committee vote
Inside Housing
17/05/11

Campaigners push for Localism Bill changes
Inside Housing
16/05/11

Tenants fight underoccupancy benefit cut
Inside Housing
12/05/11

Effect of housing reforms on cities debated
Inside Housing
12/05/11

Concern grows over benefit cap
Inside Housing
10/05/11

Councillor attacked for existing tenant 'raise rent' plan
Inside Housing
10/05/11

Federation warns housing benefit cuts 'will backfire'
24Dash.Com
09/05/11

DWP housing benefit cut plans 'cost more'
Inside Housing
06/05/11

Housing associations cut development by half
Inside Housing
06/05/11

Housing 'crisis' to divide London, warns MP
24dash.om
05/05/11

£1.8 billion affordable rent deadline looms
Inside Housing
03/05/11

MPs rebel against plans to scrap tenancy for life
Inside Housing
03/05/11

BME tenants 'get a raw deal from benefits cuts'
Inside Housing
28/04/11

Council rebels over government affordable rent plans
Inside Housing
28/04/11

Lib Dems split over fixed-term tenancies
Inside Housing
28/04/11

Parties lack tenancy policies ahead of elections
Inside Housing
28/04/11

Public backs limits to social housing areas
Inside Housing
27/04/11

Livingstone attacks Boris in affordable rent row
Inside Housing
21/04/11

Benefit change 'will make young homeless'
Inside Housing
20/04/11

Scottish Conservatives reject 80% rents
Inside Housing
15/04/11

London's housing crisis: into 'affordable' unknown
Dave Hill, Guardian: Dave Hill's London Blog
13/04/11

Localism drive fails to win over communities
Inside Housing
11/04/11

Labour criticises affordable rent programme
Inside Housing
05/04/11

Benefit cut for underoccupiers 'will not save money'
Inside Housing
05/04/11

Councils to pay LHA direct to landlords
Inside Housing
01/04/11

Affordable rents difficult for larger London homes
Inside Housing
30/03/11

Affordable rent will cause most upheaval
Inside Housing
29/03/11

Lack of smaller homes for housing benefit changes
Inside Housing
28/03/11

Government rethinks broad market rental areas
Inside Housing
18/03/11

Avoiding a slip up
Inside Housing
18/03/11

Flint in U turn over secure tenancies
Inside Housing
18/03/11

Terms of reference set for benefit review
Inside Housing
15/03/11

Associations face losing charity status
Inside Housing
11/03/11

Landlords face increasing legal challenges, warns tenants champion
Inside Housing
11/03/11

Richer tenants to be targeted
Inside Housing
11/03/11

Tory policy will create fairer system for tenants, says Minister
Inside Housing
10/03/11

Removing secure tenancies 'undermines big society'
Inside Housing
10/03/11

Minister denies affordable rents will hit benefits
Inside Housing
10/03/11

IDS promises help to families hit by benefit cap
Inside Housing
09/03/11

Government accused of lifetime tenancy U-turn
Inside Housing
09/03/11

Affordable rents spark pre-election debate in Scotland
Inside Housing
08/03/11

Benefit cuts will make 30% of England unaffordable
Inside Housing
08/03/11

Housing benefit caps face legal challenge
Inside Housing
07/03/11

Rocketing rents to send benefit bill sky high
Inside Housing
25/02/11

Scottish benefit claimants to lose £80m
Inside Housing
21/02/11

Private landlords to lower rents
Inside Housing
18/02/11

New rent rules restrict out of area investment
Inside Housing
18/02/11

Tenants need £23k salary
Inside Housing
18/02/11

Social landlords win direct payments battle
Inside Housing
17/02/11

CIH warns affordable rent model is flawed
Inside Housing
16/02/11

Tough bidding rules set for £1.8b pot
Inside Housing
14/02/11

Ministers to set out affordable rent plans
Inside Housing
14/02/11

Details of tenancy overhaul unveiled
Inside Housing
11/02/11

Benefit to go direct to tenants
Inside Housing
05/02/11

Social landlords to foot £123m tenure reform bill
Inside Housing
04/02/11

Affordable rent 'not worth the risk' say associations
Inside Housing
04/02/11

Capital gets largest slice of benefit fund
Inside Housing
02/02/11

Families 'could lose all benefits' under universal credit
Inside Housing
28/01/11

Lobbyists win welfare review
Inside Housing
28/01/11

Restrictions to affordable rent regime revealed
Inside Housing
28/01/11

Service charge to be included in 80% rents
Inside Housing
28/01/11

MPs oppose benefit cuts for unemployed
Inside Housing
27/01/11

Ministers warned over tenancy plans
Inside Housing
26/01/11

Rent changes stop Teign merger
Inside Housing
21/01/11

New affordable rent model could add £1.56n to benefit bill
Inside Housing
21/01/11

Localism Bill 'risks stigmatising tenants'
Inside Housing
18/01/11

Labour politicians attempt to block Localism Bill
Inside Housing
17/01/11

Evicting neighbours from hell from council homes to be made easier, Grant Shapps to say
Daily Telegraph
11/01/11

Brighton protest against housing benefit changes
Brighton Argus
16/12/10

Tenants take fight to No10
Morning Star
15/12/10

Disabled People Fight Back in Protest
UK Disability News
15/12/10

Grant Shapps: Next steps in delivering a better deal for council house tenants
CLG
13/12/10

Councils split over fixed-term tenancies
Inside Housing
10/12/10

Building opposition to housing cuts
The Guardian
03/12/10

Government advisors condemn benefit cuts
Inside Housing
01/12/10

Housing benefit cap to be postponed until January 2012
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
28/11/10

Tenure reforms are 'attack' on vulnerable
Inside Housing
23/11/10

Grant Shapps: A fairer future for social housing
CLG
22/11/10

Councils could block new rent
Inside Housing
21/11/10

Council house tenants set for eviction rule change
The Guardian
21/11/10

PM admits rent rise will hit benefit bill
Inside Housing
19/11/10

Council house tenants hit by £225 rise in great ConDem Rent Robbery
The Mirror
13/11/10

Rent gazumpers swoop in stampede by tenants
The Evening Standard
09/11/10

Housing Benefit Cuts would make London 'unaffordable'
Jamie Doward, Anushka Asthana and Rhik Samadder , Observer
31/10/10

Housing: Misery beckons on the home front
Editorial, Guardian
30/10/10

Housing benefit plans stir rebellion among Lib Dem backbenchers
Inside Housing
29/10/10

Stormy Weather
Inside Housing
29/10/10

Miliband urges Lib Dems to block benefit plans
Inside Housing
28/10/10

Housing: Who are the real 'underoccupiers'?
Socialist Worker
23/10/10

Councils to move LHA claimants out of London
Inside Housing
22/10/10

Shapps defends radical social housing reforms
Inside Housing
21/10/10

Spending cuts to hit most vulnerable hardest
Inside Housing
21/10/10

Letter from Grant Shapps - Spending Review - Settlement for Housing
CLG
20/10/10

Secure tenancies face axe as funding is cut
Inside Housing
19/10/10

Secure tenancies face axe as funding is cut
Inside Housing
19/10/10

Social housing budget 'to be cut in half'
BBC
19/10/10

Homes cuts: south-east 'faces disaster' over affordable housing
The Guardian
18/10/10

Higher rents and no council house for life
The Telegraph
18/10/10

Spending cuts target child benefits, tax credits and social housing
Channel 4 News
17/10/10

Lucas: We need more council homes
Morning Star
11/10/10

Benefits to be cut through housing cuts
Inside Housing
05/10/10

Labour attacks tenure reform plans
Inside Housing
30/09/10

Labour Party backs lifetime tenancies
Inside Housing
30/09/10

Lib Dems to overhaul housing policy
Inside Housing
27/09/10

Seeing Red
Inside Housing
24/09/10

DWP concerned by tenure reform plans
Inside Housing
24/09/10

Voters to decide on lifetime tenancies
Inside Housing
24/09/10

Lib Dem ministers concerned by cuts
Inside Housing
24/09/10

Lifetime tenancy row threatens Coalition
Inside Housing
17/09/10

Job-linked benefit cuts would hit 200,000
Inside Housing
06/09/10

Scrapping security of tenure 'will not solve housing crisis'
Inside Housing
03/09/10

Inside Housing
27/08/10

Clegg: benefit cuts are hard to justify
Inside Housing
20/08/10

It's time for a cultural change in our approach to renting
Observer
15/08/10

Housing organisation declares 'golden age' of home ownership over
The Observer
15/08/10

Council pushes ahead with Tory housing attck
Socialist Worker
14/08/10

Tenants Have Rights to Secure Tenures
Inside Housing
13/08/10

Lib Dem Deputy to Create Benefit Reform Plan
Inside Housing
13/08/10

Tories Exposed for Mis-Selling Security
Inside Housing
13/08/10

Where will the Council re-house us?
Guardian
12/08/10

Tories discussed council housing reforms before election, magazine reports
Guardian
12/08/10

Cuts to Housing Benefit: average losses by local authority
Guardian
12/08/10

Council house row: why David Cameron is wrong
Janet Daley, Telegraph
07/08/10

Cameron's U-turn on security of tenure
Inside Housing
06/08/10

Coalition Faces Rift over Secure Tenancies
Inside Housing
05/08/10

London's Housing Crisis: the roots of David Cameron's council tenancy debate
Guardian
05/08/10

No more council houses for life, says David Cameron
Jon Swaine, Telegraph
04/08/10

David Cameron announces plan to end lifetime council tenancies
The Guardian
03/08/10

Council homes for life could go, says Cameron
BBC
03/08/10

Cameron threatens lifetime tenancies
Inside Housing
03/08/10

Boris fears housing benefit reforms
Inside Housing
23/07/10

Place your Betts
Inside Housing
23/07/10

Benefit reforms 'will make 200,000 homeless'
Inside Housing
23/07/10

Benefit Cuts: 750,000 Risk Losing Homes in South-East, Association Warns
The Guardian
23/07/10

Islington launches fraud inquiry into housing PFIs
Inside Housing
23/07/10

Housing benefit cuts will leave poorest £600 worse off
The Guardian
23/07/10

Benefit plans concern Lib Dem deputy
Inside Housing
22/07/10

Simon Hughes: Ministers face rebellion on plan to slash housing benefit
London Evening Standard
21/07/10

Housing benefit cuts will harm capital, says Boris Johnson
London Evening Standard
19/07/10

Seeking a solution to sky high rent
Karen Buck MP, Inside Housing
16/07/10

Benefit reforms threaten mixed communities
Shelter, Inside Housing
15/07/10

Minister: benefit cap will cause 'casualties'
Inside Housing
12/07/10

Reset the pain threshold
Inside Housing
09/07/10

Cut rent not benefits
Leeds Tenants Federation
09/07/10

Housing benefit cuts will damage communities
Ken Livingstone, Inside Housing
09/07/10

Inside Housing campaigns against benefit cut plans
Inside Housing
09/07/10

London's looming housing turmoil
Guardian
09/07/10

Streets apart
Inside Housing
02/07/10

British tenants
Telegraph
28/06/10

Housing benefit cuts slammed by sector
Inside Housing
25/06/10

Housing Benefit Curbs 'will push out the poor'
London Evening Standard
23/06/10

Tenant Services Authority to be axed
Sunday Mirror
20/06/10

Cameron: social tenants have nothing to fear
Inside Housing
30/04/10

Parties reveal vision for future of housing
Inside Housing
16/04/10

Healey and Shapps start war of words
Inside Housing
09/04/10

Constructive debate
Inside Housing
19/03/10

Birmingham slams unfair rent rises
Inside Housing
05/03/10

TSA issues benefit bill warning
Inside Housing
26/02/10

Work should not affect social rents
Inside Housing
22/01/10

Collision course
Inside Housing
15/01/10

Rent should not be linked to income
Inside Housing
15/01/10

Councils face new year rent headache
Inside Housing
08/01/10

CIH: charge high earners more rent
Inside Housing
08/01/10

Housing after the credit crunch [speech by John Healey]
CLG
09/12/09

Council tenants 'rewards' urged
BBC
02/12/09

Flight of freedom
Inside Housing
20/11/09

Red tape cut as Marsh opts for local liability
Inside Housing
13/11/09

Not everyone wants to own
Inside Housing
06/11/09

Subsidies exist in private sector too
Inside Housing
06/11/09

Blueprint for the future
Inside Housing
23/10/09

Cameron to bring back secure tenancy opponent
Inside Housing
09/10/09

Landlords warn Tories mobility plan wont work
Inside Housing
09/10/09

Bill Rammell MP launches petition to get council to accept cut in rent increases
Harlow Herald
07/09/09

Housing benefit facing axe as Tories plot huge rent rises
Daily Mirror
07/09/09

Tory plot to put up rents exposed
Daily Mirror
07/09/09

Think tank calls for tenancy overhaul to tackle overcrowding
Inside Housing
07/09/09

Tories plan to let benefit levels be set by local councils
The Observer
06/09/09

Inquest finds rent rise death was suicide
Inside Housing
20/08/09

Healey: what green paper?
Inside Housing
07/08/09

Baptism of fire (interview with John Healey)
Inside Housing
07/08/09

Plenty to go around
Gordon Brown, Inside Housing
17/07/09

'Keep your hands off council housing'
Inside Housing
19/06/09

TSA committed to protecting tenure
Inside Housing
19/06/09

Moving on up? I dont think so
Inside Housing
19/06/09

Controversy as regulator plans tenure overhaul
Inside Housing
12/06/09

Popular demand
Inside Housing
12/06/09

Portillo calls for end of tenancy for life
Inside Housing
05/06/09

Right to buy gave sector a bad image
Inside Housing
05/06/09

The crippling cost of right-to-buy
BBC
14/05/09

Transfer councils still hiking rents
Inside Housing
08/05/09

Inflation-busting rent rises spark homeless fears
Daily Mirror
05/05/09

Ms Blears thanks for the £3k Bill...
Daily Mirror
25/04/09

'Affordable' homes rent hike angers tenants
Graham Norwood , Observer
19/04/09

Rent rise reduction poses funding conundrum
Housing Excellence
27/03/09

Bid to prevent rent increase fails
Inside Housing
06/03/09

Beckett makes u-turn on council rents
Inside Housing
06/03/09

Beckett slashes council housing rent increases in half
24dash
06/03/09

TSA promises rent increase protection 'for all social housing tenants'
24dash
06/03/09

Is council housing the answer to our problems?
Deborah Orr, Independent
05/03/09

MP warns thousands at risk of home repossession 'without court order'
24dash
03/03/09

Shared ownership support is madness
Inside Housing
03/03/09

Anaylsis: Anti-social Housing
BBC Radio 4
26/02/09

Councils plead for U-turn on rent increases
Inside Housing
20/02/09

Ministers can and must fix this
Inside Housing
20/02/09

1.2 million homeowners in negative equity
Nationwide
03/02/09

Mortgage repayments missed by one in 12
Times
03/02/09

Social housing tenants face huge rent rises
Public Finance
30/01/09

Teenagers targeted
Inside Housing
30/01/09

Campaigners wary of Brown's building vow
Inside Housing
30/01/09

Authorities are not willing to fight
Paul Burnham, Inside Housing
30/01/09

Rush for home ownership 'disaster' for UK housing
Guardian
29/01/09

This is a ludicrous situation
Emily Rogers, Inside Housing
23/01/09

Shelter response to new FSA repossession figures and CLG council housing waiting list figures
Shelter
22/01/09

Stop inflation-busting rent rises
Inside Housing
16/01/09

Rebellion brews over proposed rent hikes
Inside Housing
16/01/09

View tenants rights in context
Inside Housing
09/01/09

Changes to housing benefit leaves poorest priced out of town
Sara Gaines , Guardian
30/12/08

A question of privilege
Inside Housing
12/12/08

Security of tenure chewed up and spat out
Inside Housing
12/12/08

Rent challengers forced out
Inside Housing
12/12/08

Cash calls hit social landlords
Inside Housing
12/12/08

Pledge to revolutionise housing benefit regime
Inside Housing
12/12/08

IDS: Council estates full of layabouts
Jason Beattie, Daily Mirror
03/12/08

Council estates full of layabouts
James Beatie, Daily Mirror
03/12/08

Call for end to 'benefits culture'
Guardian
02/12/08

Tenancy for life ban seen as 'dead parrot'
Inside Housing
26/11/08

An unwelcome blast from the past
Tim Dwelly, Inside Housing
21/11/08

Mortgage debt forces thousands to sell up
Rebecca OConnor and Jill Sherman , Times
21/11/08

Not for turning
Inside Housing
14/11/08

Should social housing tenures be for life?
Adam Sampson/Kate Davies, Times
14/11/08

Social housing policy could result in more ghetto estates
Jill Sherman and Rebecca OConnor , Times
14/11/08

Council homes can be tenure of choice
Alan Walter, Inside Housing
14/11/08

Thousands of new homes stand empty
Inside Housing
14/11/08

RSLs slam plans to end homes for life
Public Finance
14/11/08

Beckett dismisses tenancy for life speculation
Emily Rogers, Inside Housing
12/11/08

Right-to-buy pricing people out of area
Sheffield Star
12/11/08

MP slams council homes 'fixed term'
Sheffield Star
12/11/08

Home concerns
Editorial, Sheffield Star
11/11/08

Council homes
Austin Mitchell, Times
11/11/08

This smacks of Ministers wanting to penalise the most vulnerable
Sheffield Star
11/11/08

The Home Front
Leader, Times
10/11/08

Fed warns plan would create ghettos
Inside Housing
10/11/08

Council homes for life to be scrapped
Jill Sherman, Times
10/11/08

'Council homes for life' reviewed
BBC
10/11/08

Mean tests for council tenants
Adam Sampson, Guardian
10/11/08

People in shared-ownership housing more likely to be
JRF
07/11/08

Cap on council rent rise derails convergence plan
Public Finance
07/11/08

Its all in the mix
Kate Murray, Inside Housing
07/11/08

Movement of households in share-ownership housing in the UK
Alison Wallace, JRF
07/11/08

Shared equity does not lead to full ownership
Kate Murray, Inside Housing
07/11/08

House prices fall by record 15%
Hilary Osborne , Guardian
06/11/08

Plan to align rents delayed
Inside Housing
31/10/08

Minister seeks to fast-track mortgage rescue
Inside Housing
31/10/08

Social housing in numbers
Saba Salman, Guardian
29/10/08

Repossessions soar by 71 per cent
Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing
28/10/08

Institute defends tenancy for life proposals
Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing
28/10/08

Court protocol strengthens repossession rights
Inside Housing
22/10/08

Would tenancy plans leave no room for improvement?
Inside Housing
17/10/08

Berlin is cool and property is remarkably affordable
Sunday Times
17/10/08

The right to a home for life: a debate that runs and runs
Inside Housing
17/10/08

Residents slam tenancy for life proposal
Inside Housing
13/10/08

Housing profession calls for end to tenancy for life
Inside Housing
08/10/08

Believe it or not, house prices are going to soar
Graham Norwood, Observer
05/10/08

Landlord bars tenant for seeking work
Inside Housing
19/09/08

Association chair questions social housing need
Inside Housing
17/09/08

A fifth of home loans head for negative equity
Heather Connon, Observer
07/09/08

Crisis? What crisis?
Jon Henley , Guardian
05/09/08

Property crash opens door to the new council house
Francis Elliott, Siobhan Kennedy and Jill Sherman, Times
29/08/08

House price plunge fuels recession fear
Larry Elliott and Kathryn Hopkins, Guardian
29/08/08

Worst time to purchase first home since 1970s
James Robinson and Heather Stewart , Observer
17/08/08

Surge in repossession orders clogging up the courts
Times
16/08/08

Policy group rejects work-to-rent plans
Inside Housing
15/08/08

Health check shows shared ownership slide is worsening
Inside Housing
15/08/08

Marsh: we will ask the tough questions
Inside Housing
08/08/08

News analysis  Its crunch time for social housing funding
Neil Merrick, Public Finance
01/08/08

Is home ownership still an aspiration?
David Smith, Times
27/07/08

A week that taught me home truths about the housing crisis
Will Hutton, Observer
27/07/08

Paid to find tenants jobs
Keith Cooper, Inside Housing
25/07/08

Rents to soar as sales market falters
Inside Housing
22/07/08

Credit crunch: Emergency scheme to help cash-strapped homeowners
Gaby Hinsliff and Jamie Elliott , Observer
13/07/08

Home ownership out of reach for average earners
Gráinne Gilmore, Times
10/07/08

Danger of the doldrums
Peter Hetherington, Guardian
09/07/08

Flint admits to an unsustainable boom
Chris Ames , Guardian
05/07/08

Housing shortages are affecting Britain's workplaces
TUC
01/07/08

'Increase number of rented homes' - MPs
LGA Firstonline
18/06/08

Six years wait for a home if your gets repossessed
LGA
17/06/08

Mayer: landlords threatened by market tsunami
Inside Housing
13/06/08

The F word
Inside Housing
13/06/08

'Strong demand' for homes to rent
BBC
09/06/08

Repairs could cost owners' homes
Bob Howard , BBC
07/06/08

Bags of misery for tenants
Madeline Thomas, Guardian
07/06/08

Ratings agency downgrades outlook for Home Group
Inside Housing
06/06/08

Social sectors greatest downfall still its image problem, poll shows
Inside Housing
06/06/08

Perceived ideas
Inside Housing
06/06/08

The time is now for council housing argues Glyn Robbins
Glyn Robbins, Compass
04/06/08

Scottish housing grant sparks rent rise fears
Inside Housing
03/06/08

Safety net for repossession victims
Inside Housing
30/05/08

After the boom, the bust
Larry Elliott, Guardian
30/05/08

Average price of British home has fallen by £8,000 in past 12 months
Larry Elliott, Guardian
30/05/08

Associations use draconian eviction rules
Inside Housing
30/05/08

Choice between last resort or sustaining role
Inside Housing
22/05/08

MPs call for 50,000-a-year boost to social housing stock to cut waiting lists
24dash
21/05/08

5 million people waiting for social housing by 2010
LGA
16/05/08

PM declares open season
Inside Housing
15/05/08

400,000 skint families to join scramble for council homes
James Lyons, Daily Mirror
09/05/08

Repossessions set for dramatic rise
Jamie Doward, Observer
04/05/08

House prices now sliding by £500 a week
Kathryn Hopkins , Guardian
03/05/08

Prescott blames banks for housing boom
Kathryn Hopkins , Guardian
03/05/08

New-build homes market collapses
Ashley Seager and Nick Fletcher , Guardian
02/05/08

Construction slump wrecks plan to boost supply of new homes
Sean O'Grady, Independent
02/05/08

Home rent costs 'soaring' as credit crunch fuels extra demand
24dash
01/05/08

Orders for new homes slump by 27 per cent
Dearbail Jordan, Independent
01/05/08

Councils dragging their feet over Social Homebuy
Neil Merrick, Public Finance
25/04/08

10% of homeowners 'could be plunged into negative equity'
24Dash
17/04/08

First-time buyers thwarted by 200% price rise
Hilary Osborne, Guardian
17/04/08

Labour MPs' fury over homes crisis
Gaby Hinsliff, Observer
06/04/08

Labour heartland faces housing crash
Jason Allardyce , Sunday Times
06/04/08

A third of housing deals fall through
Financial Times
05/04/08

Look at housing markets, IMF says
Financial Times
04/04/08

Wave of Labour rebellion over minister's proposals
Inside Housing
14/03/08

Home truths
Simon Brandon, Inside Housing
22/02/08

Owner-occupancy slides to the lowest level in almost a decade
Angela Balakrishnan, Guardian
14/02/08

Flints idea so stupid its frightening
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
08/02/08

Home repossessions rise to 27,000
BBC
08/02/08

Tenants groups enraged by Flints draconian speech
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
08/02/08

That sound? Labour's hard nuts are alive and whistling
John Harris, Guardian
08/02/08

Rent Service risks pricing people out of their homes
Emily Rogers , Inside Housing
07/02/08

Charities attack proposals to make council house tenants look for work
Jill Sherman, Times
06/02/08

To link council tenancy with jobseeking feeds the stigma
Lynsey Hanley, Guardian
06/02/08

Housing homeless is a duty, say Flint opponents
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
06/02/08

Workhouse social policy
Adam Sampson, New Statesman
06/02/08

Joined-up thinking on housing and jobs (letters)
various, Guardian
06/02/08

Home truths
Leader, Guardian
06/02/08

Property Badder
Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror
06/02/08

Homes alone
Bob Roberts, Daily Mirror
06/02/08

Avoid return to workhouse
Adam Sampson, Daily Mirror
06/02/08

PM gives Housing Minister Caroline Flint cold shoulder over 'boot out' jobless idea
Bob Roberts, Daily Mirror
06/02/08

No 10 plays down Flint's social housing plan
Rosalind Ryan and Andrew Sparrow , Guardian Unlimited
05/02/08

'Work or lose home' says minister
BBC
05/02/08

Anger at 'find work' ultimatum for tenants
Independent
05/02/08

Labour: if you want a council house, find a job
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
05/02/08

The cart before the house
Adam Sampson, Guardian
05/02/08

Council tenants 'outraged' at housing minister's employment contract plans
24dash
05/02/08

Call for security of tenure to be case-by-case
Inside Housing
01/02/08

Warning over one million homes at risk
Jill Treanor , Guardian
30/01/08

The grim repo: 1.28m sub-prime US homes threatened by bailiffs
Andrew Clark , Guardian
30/01/08

Housing-related costs average £143 per week
National Office of Statistics
28/01/08

House costs up as food bills drop
BBC
28/01/08

Supply, Mobility and Opportunity
Inside Housing
14/12/07

Cooper outlines her vision
Emily Rogers , Inside Housing
14/12/07

'People, not just houses'
Yvette Cooper , CLG
12/12/07

Sub-prime lending undermining home ownership
Citizens Advice
12/12/07

Tougher tactics to tackle estate-based worklessness
Inside Housing
07/12/07

House prices too high for young professionals
24 Dash
20/11/07

Tenants face new rents tax
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
16/11/07

Councils ignore advice and up rent on revalued homes
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
01/11/07

Out on a limb: why one man regrets getting involved
Guardian
20/10/07

First-time buyers pay over the odds
Guardian
20/10/07

Councils demand rent decision
Public Finance
19/10/07

Britain may be at risk from US-style housing crash, warns IMF
Larry Elliott , Guardian
18/10/07

1m use plastic to pay mortgage
Metro
16/10/07

The price of house mania
Adam Sampson, Guardian
12/10/07

Quarter of households 'unable to afford their own homes'
24 Dash
05/10/07

Freeing up more social homes is more important than building new ones....
Inside Housing
04/10/07

Renting: the problem or the solution?
Steve Wilcox , Guardian
03/10/07

Why Ninja mortgages could wreak havoc
Heather Connon , Observer
30/09/07

Repossessions could soar in UK
Phillip Inman, Guardian
21/09/07

Lib Dems will pledge even more homes than Labour
Emily Twinch , Inside Housing
20/09/07

Quantity placed above affordability
Emily Rogers , Inside Housing
20/09/07

Mayor's family-friendly build spend
Keith Cooper , Inside Housing
20/09/07

Developing associations to turn focus on private sales
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
20/09/07

Labour grassroots ready to fight for security of tenure
Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing
14/09/07

Labour grassroots ready to fight for security of tenure
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
13/09/07

House prices and the great affordability gap
Sam Coates, Times
05/09/07

Capital markets hit by US sub-prime mortgage crisis
Emily Rogers , Inside Housing
30/08/07

Tenants 'tell tales' to rent a home
24 Dash
13/08/07

Is the government planning a new programme of council house building? The devil it is
Simon Basketter, Socialist Worker
31/07/07

Housing market at high risk from shock
Housing market at high risk from shock, Financial Times
30/07/07

To achieve affordable housing, we'll fight selfish nimbyism
Yvette Cooper, Observer
22/07/07

Dont forget buyers in rush for rental
Public Finance
20/07/07

Index of housing affordability comparing house prices with average earnings
Guardian
19/07/07

Rural England needs more houses, too
Peter Hetherington, Guardian
18/07/07

Homes is where the heart is
Peter Hetherington, Guardian
18/07/07

Constructive criticism
Saba Salman, Guardian
18/07/07

Minister backs Council Housing
BBC
15/07/07

It's housing, housing, housing as Brown builds a new vision
Nick Mathiason, Observer
15/07/07

Let's start thinking outside the box
Stephen Bayley, Observer
15/07/07

Charity backs PM's housing pledge
BBC
15/07/07

Housing need must be met - Brown
BBC
14/07/07

Brown's council house pledge
James Blake , Channel4
14/07/07

Building tops priorities list
Emily Rogers , Inside Housing
13/07/07

Tenants prepare to fight 'crippling' service charges
Simon Ellery , Inside Housing
13/07/07

Brown promises 3m new homes
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
12/07/07

Weak headlines, strong subtext
Toby Lloyd , Compass web
12/07/07

More 25-year fixed-rate mortgages?
Ian Pollock , BBC
11/07/07

Housing dominates Brown's agenda
BBC
11/07/07

The Big Question: How should we deal with the crisis over affordable housing?
Nigel Morris, Independent
11/07/07

Brown pledges 3m new homes
Hélène Mulholland, Guardian Unlimited
11/07/07

It's not a return to the 1990s - but things could get worse
James Daley, Independent
11/07/07

Housing set to top Brown plans
BBC
11/07/07

Huge increase in those forced to default on mortgages payments
Martin Hickman, Independent
11/07/07

Why housing has become a political priority
BBC
11/07/07

Young home-buyers forced into record debt
Times
11/07/07

Fixed rates more popular, affordability worse, says CML
CML
10/07/07

Hamish McRae: Be prepared to wait a decade for housing to become affordable again
Independent
05/07/07

FSA finds poor practice by intermediaries and lenders within sub-prime market
FSA
04/07/07

How to keep the roof over your head
Ellen Kelleher , Financial Times
16/06/07

Post-2010 backlog to cost £1.2bn
Martin Hilditch , Inside Housing
15/06/07

Angry tenants support campaign to halt investors
Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing
15/06/07

Leave our surpluses alone, warn RSLs
Public Finance
15/06/07

Campbell pledges social housing revolution
Matthew Tempest, Guardian Unlimited
14/06/07

Mortgage Misery
James Coney , Daily Mirror
13/06/07

The crisis in Britain's housing
Anindya Bhattacharyya, Socialist Worker
12/06/07

Boost to affordable housing
Jonathan Russell, Sunday Telegraph
11/06/07

Let's be fair on the home front
Richard Hammond, Daily Mirror
09/06/07

Britain faces 20-year house boom that will split nation, says report
Ashley Seager , Guardian
07/06/07

First-time buyers priced out by the failure to build new homes
Graham Searjeant , Times
07/06/07

Reform of planning rules vital to meet growth in demand
Gabriel Rozenberg, Times
07/06/07

Millions could be paying off mortgages in old age
Sharlene Goff , Financial Times
02/06/07

The problem with buy-to-let
Leader , Guardian
01/06/07

The problem with buy-to-let
Leader, Guardian
01/06/07

Plea to reform foundering Homebuy
Inside Housing
31/05/07

Treasury is playing at snakes and housing ladders
Letters, Times
31/05/07

Rents soar as rate rises squeeze buy-to-lets
Edmund Conway, Daily Telegraph
30/05/07

Buy-to-let investors rush to sell amid rate rises
Jim Pickard, Financial Times
30/05/07

Behind the green door
BBC Politics Show
17/05/07

Such a splendid idea, but such a tricky beast to unleash in practice
Deborah Orr, Independent
16/05/07

New build is worst buy-to-let investment, experts warn
Emma Thelwell, Telegraph
09/05/07

Housing affordability at lowest since 1991 and set to get worse
David Prosser, Independent
09/05/07

Bricked in
Aida Edemariam, Guardian
04/05/07

Home improvements
Karen Day, Public Finance
04/05/07

Right to rent campaign gains momentum
Inside Housing
03/05/07

Lenders pull fixed-rate mortgages. Is a housing market crash coming?
Rupert Jones and Patrick Collinson, Guardian
20/04/07

RSLs want bigger rent rises
Public Finance
20/04/07

The US wobbles and UK housing falls down: is it all just a bad dream?
Sam Dunn, Independent
15/04/07

Town where teachers and nurses can only rent ...
Cahal Milmo , Independent
14/04/07

Give staff home aid
Voice of the Mirror, Daily Mirror
14/04/07

House crisis for key workers worsens
Oonagh Blackman , Daily Mirror
14/04/07

Key workers priced out of housing market
Hilary Osborne, Guardian
13/04/07

The Big Question: Is the housing market still booming - and could it be heading for a crash?
Jane Padgham , Independent
13/04/07

Nurses 'can't afford houses in 99 per cent of UK towns'
Matt Williams , Independent
13/04/07

Property woe for public workers
BBC
12/04/07

Building a future
Ruth Kelly, Guardian Comment
30/03/07

Give us a real choice
Alan Walter, Guardian
29/03/07

Home delivery
Adam Sampson, Guardian
28/03/07

You’re breaking up families, Gordon
Patricia Morgan, Sunday Times
18/03/07

Public opinion
Kate Davies, Times
06/03/07

The great generational robbery
Faisal Islam, New Statesman
05/03/07

Council housing's true worth
Lynsey Hanley, Observer (letters)
04/03/07

Comment – Grasping the housing nettle
John Perry, Public Finance
02/03/07

Respectable rebel
Kate Murray, Inside Housing
01/03/07

Hills’ summary of tenant discontent is challenged
Anita Pati , Inside Housing
01/03/07

Don't patronise us - build us more homes (Letters)
Austin Mitchell MP, John and Sharon Marais..., Observer
25/02/07

Social housing should give tenants broader choices
Public Finance
23/02/07

Equity stake plan could bring big repair bills for marginal owners
Inside Housing
23/02/07

Seeds of change (Hills Interview)
Inside Housing
23/02/07

Buy-to-let investors are still smiling - but for how long?
Rupert Jones and Patrick Collinson, Guardian
22/02/07

Plan to break up council estates
Andy McSmith, Independent
21/02/07

BUILD A FUTURE
Editorial, Mirror
21/02/07

An equitable answer? (Hills Interview)
Alison Benjamin, Guardian
21/02/07

We need to bulldoze bad council estates
Bob Roberts, Mirror
21/02/07

Housing horror is a betratal of the poor
Sue Carroll , Mirror
21/02/07

A study that must not be shelved
Editorial, Independent
21/02/07

We need to buldoze bad council estates
Bob Roberts, Daily Mirror
21/02/07

Speech by Ruth Kelly MP at the launch
DCLG Press Release
20/02/07

It will take real courage to solve our housing crisis
Steve Richards, Independent
20/02/07

Councils may put time limit on tenants
Rosemary Bennett, The Times
20/02/07

Housing plan calls for better mix
BBC
20/02/07

What is the future of social housing?
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
20/02/07

Professor John Hills urged to 'stand up for council housing'
24dash.com
20/02/07

Professor John Hills urged to 'stand up for council housing'
24 Dash
20/02/07

Report backs end to secure council tenancies
Matt Weaver, Society Guardian
20/02/07

'Support Council Housing'
Mirror
20/02/07

Tenants' choice
Alan Walter, Society Guardian
20/02/07

Council Housing Shake-Up to Create
Mirror
20/02/07

Defend Council Housing speaks out ahead of John Hills' report
24dash
19/02/07

3 Million tenants face boot
Bob Roberts , Mirror
19/02/07

Estate of Shock
Bob Roberts, Mirror
19/02/07

Shelter in the storm
Angela Phillips , Guardian Comment
19/02/07

The boom is over, the price must yet be paid
Business Guardian
19/02/07

3 million tenants face boot
Bob Roberts, Daily Mirror
19/02/07

Ten per cent - a little piece of home
Huma Qureshi , Observer
18/02/07

Open the gates and free people from Britain's ghettos
Will Hutton, Observer
18/02/07

Kelly calls for wider home ownership
Public Finance
16/02/07

An NHS for housing
Lynsey Hanley , Guardian
14/02/07

Tenants spurn chance to be home-owners
Jill Sherman, The Times
14/02/07

Minister calls for housing help
BBC
14/02/07

An NHS for housing
Lynsey Hanley, Guardian
14/02/07

Social housing tenants to be helped on to property ladder
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
13/02/07

Ruth Kelly: The future of housing policy
Ruth Kelly Speech, Fabian Society
13/02/07

Defend Council Housing slams Ruth Kelly's speech
Times
13/02/07

Ruth Kelly unveils 'right to own' plan for social housing tenants
Times
13/02/07

Social housing tenants to be helped on to property ladder
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
13/02/07

'Rent rise scandal in Brighton'
24dash
18/09/06

A time for change
Rebecca Evans, Inside Housing
30/06/06

Buy-to-let investors rush to sell amid rate rises
Jim Pickard, Financial Times
30/05/06

Lifelong tenancy reform could threaten social sustainability
Inside Housing
06/08/04

Home for life under threat
Inside Housing
30/07/04

Houses of horror
Peter Hetherington, Guardian
11/01/02

Simon Hughes: Minister Faces Rebellion on Plan to Slash Housing Benefit
London Evening Standard
09/07/99


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