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Ask The Expert: The Future of Housing in the UK
...the UK faces when it comes to housing. How exactly can the next government create a fairer housing market for all? Each of our panel will be outlining their three...
| Published: | 14 June 2019 |
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Publication
Unlocking the gridlock: How a more democratic planning system can help fix the housing crisis
...housing is now £3.7 trillion more than the cost of building those homes, proof that the housing market is functioning poorly. One cause is a planning system that create enormous...
| Published: | 25 October 2021 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |
Media Release
‘Labour’s housing plans are the most ambitious in half a century – but don’t go far enough to drive growth’, top economist says
Comments come as part of an essay collection in which leading economists run the rule over the Labour Party’s economic vision, published today by the Social Market Foundation.
| Published: | 22 April 2024 |
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Publication
The Peabody Index
...between social housing households and other households in London has widened since 2011. In August 2011, social housing households had an annual disposable income on average about £20,100 lower than...
| Published: | 25 June 2018 |
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| Author: | Scott Corfe |
Publication
Beyond the comfort zone: How can planning reform boost housing supply and affordability?
KEY POINTS While planning reform is a useful tool and is necessary to increase housing supply, it is not sufficient: it is far from a sure bet. Generally, the size...
| Published: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Author: | Gideon Salutin |
Media Release
Left vs Right is dead – politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new study shows
Politics should no longer be divided between “left-wing” and “right-wing” because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between “anarchists” and “centrists”, a new study shows today
| Published: | 18 September 2019 |
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Commentary
Mixed blessings: low consumer inflation alongside rising house prices spells trouble
...money in a savings account or investment fund. Many see mortgage payments as a form of investment, rather than a payment for housing services. This distorts the housing market, creating...
| Published: | 13 January 2015 |
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Media Release
SMF Budget response
...area will force cuts in another. So, for example if the housing benefit bill rises, entitlements for either housing benefit or some other benefit would have to be cut to...
| Published: | 20 March 2013 |
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Commentary
What is the social market?
...housing looking at almost a century of party manifestos on housing and examining the political dynamics that may have changed the approach to housing over time. A second characteristic is...
| Published: | 03 September 2013 |
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