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Only taking politics out of Grenfell will solve housing crisis
Susan Emmett — Policy Exchange’s Head of Housing and Urban Regeneration — reflects on the country’s housing situation following the Grenfell tragedy. Having pointed out that ‘decades of insufficient housebuilding have left us with an undersupply of housing’, she concludes that ‘it is only by looking beyond partisanship and adopting a pragmatic and practical approach, that we will deliver lasting solutions to the housing crisis’.
Why Government Plans to Revive the Garden City Tradition Are Welcome
Warwick Lightfoot — Policy Exchange’s Director of Research and Economics and Social Policy — discusses how the Government’s proposal picks up on thinking that Policy Exchange has long encouraged
House building in the North
Policy Exchange’s Housing and Planning Unit examines the importance of house building to the ‘Northern Powerhouse’.
The local support we found for the garden villages Britain needs
Christopher Walker, Policy Exchange’s Head of Housing, Planning and Urban Policy, summarises the growing support for his proposals in the report Garden Villages, and through his survey found local authorities to be in favour.
A policy guide to what we can expect from Labour under Jeremy Corbyn
Policy Exchange’s research units set out in brief what Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership could mean for the Labour party in the areas of economics and financial policy; devolution; housing; transport; energy and climate change; and education.
Garden villages could help solve the housing crisis and empower local communities
Chris Walker, Policy Exchange’s Head of Housing & Planning, sets out the case for constructing a new series of ‘garden villages’ in England in order to help tackle the housing crisis.
Additional Policy Exchange analysis of Summer Budget 2015
Policy Exchange takes a more detailed look at the Summer Budget, including: the impact of the Living Wage; the reduced pace of departmental spending cuts; the fundamental shift in welfare policy; what awaits Housing Associations; and the impact of changes to energy levies.
The government’s right-to-buy targets are achievable – if the politics are possible
Chris Walker, Policy Exchange’s Head of Housing & Planning, examines the feasibility of the government’s one-for-one replacement pledge on expensive social houses sold to fund new affordable homes. Chris points out that the numbers add up, although it remains to be seen whether replacements will occur at the national, local or regional level.
Think of a number
Chris Walker, Policy Exchange’s Head of Housing & Planning, looks at the various numbers put around for how many new affordable homes need to built a year. Chris argues that, accepting the 240,000 new homes a year needed as set out in the Barker Review, that 40,000 of those new homes should be affordable.
Housing is key to a Conservative vision for working people
Chris Walker, Head of Housing and Planning, discusses the merits of the Conservatives’ Right to Buy policy, explains that policies promoting home ownership should apply to people from all income brackets, and argues that the Right to Buy policy will increase the nation’s overall housing supply.