David Kingman reports on the recent recommendation from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee that the controversial “High Speed 2” rail line between London and the north of England should not go ahead
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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. 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. 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. Angus Hanton: Housing and Intergenerational Fairness
Angus Hanton, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation, sets the scene for our Housing Blog Week (9–13 March) and explains why housing is such an urgent and topical intergenerational issue
Government launches new “Starter Homes” scheme – but will it really help first-time buyers?
David Kingman provides an overview of the Government’s latest attempt to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder
Osborne extends pensioner bonds scheme until the election
David Kingman reports on the decision by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to extend the government-subsidised pensioner savings bond scheme, and the intergenerational implications
Will stamp duty reforms help first-time buyers?
David Kingman weighs up whether the reforms to stamp duty that Chancellor George Osborne announced in his recent Autumn Statement will make it any easier for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder
Millions of “last-time buyers” could be planning to downsize their homes, according to new research
David Kingman explains the findings of some new research which suggest that the trend towards downsizing may be gathering steam