David Kingman reports on the findings of a new study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which shows that the recovery in household earnings since the recession has mostly been driven by older households
Category: Intergenerational Justice
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Shaun Spiers: Let’s Build, But Build Beautifully
Shaun Spiers, Chief Executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), calls for a reinvigorated building programme to address housing scarcity in both towns and country, while safeguarding the countryside
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Colin Wiles: Building Fairness
Colin Wiles, an independent housing consultant and social housing expert, analyses what is wrong with the housing market today, and argues for reforms that embrace more social housing
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Alex Hilton: Didn’t housing use to be cheap?
Alex Hilton, the director of Generation Rent – the national campaign for private tenants – proposes policies that could return affordability to Britain’s failing housing market
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Duncan Stott: An Affordable Home
Duncan Stott, director of the affordable house price campaign PricedOut, explains what “affordable” should mean, how it simply does not apply to the current housing market – and what can be done about it
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Tim Lund: A Housing Peace Conference
Housing activist and IF supporter Tim Lund imagines a conference that settles housing issues in the best interests of young and future generations
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Kristian Niemietz: Unaffordable housing: Causes, Consequences and Solutions
Dr Kristian Niemietz, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), shows how and why the UK’s exceptionally high housing costs are a catalyst for poverty, and all that this entails
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Nigel Wilson: Housing That Works For All Generations
Nigel Wilson, CEO of Legal & General, analyses the sticking points in the current housing market, and puts forward a refreshingly concrete plan to rectify them – by helping older generations to “rightsize”
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Toby Lloyd: “Where will my grandchildren live?” Prospects for intergenerational solidarity
Toby Lloyd, head of policy at the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, points to a real crisis in housing for the young, but warns against characterising it as an intergenerational war: older generations want solutions too
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Danny Dorling: The Generations and Housing Chaos
In an edited extract from the paperback edition of his book All that is Solid (published February 2015), Danny Dorling explains why he thinks UK housing is in a state of chaos, with worse to come