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The “right to rent” is discriminatory – enough is enough

The “right to rent” is discriminatory – enough is enough

September 18, 2019

It was only in June that then Home Secretary Sajid Javid apologised for the impact that his department’s “hostile environment” policies had on the Windrush generation, many of whom lost their homes and jobs or were even deported from the UK. His promised review of the policy is incomplete, however, and is one of the […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, right to rent

Could Airbnb devastate the housing markets in key cities?

Could Airbnb devastate the housing markets in key cities?

July 3, 2019

Ten European cities are demanding action from the European Union to help them control the growth of short-term lets in their local housing markets. The fear is that providers like Airbnb could become exempt from local regulations that enable authorities to control lettings in the private rental sector, because they will be under no legal […]

Category: Housing | Tags: private rented sector, housing market | 1 Response

Ministers should have listened to Right to Rent criticism six years ago

Ministers should have listened to Right to Rent criticism six years ago

March 6, 2019

It’s taken over five years but the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants has now won an argument that was championed from the start by CIH. Back in July 2013 the housing minister wrote to CIH’s chief executive setting out plans to deter ‘illegal’ immigrants by obliging private landlords to check the passport of […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, migration policy, immigration checks, right to rent

The mess of government intervention in housing

The mess of government intervention in housing

November 22, 2018

Which housing tenure receives most subsidy? Inside Housing readers know that the question isn’t a simple one and that the obvious answer – social housing – isn’t necessarily correct. The quest for a full analysis has just been boosted by housing finance experts Peter Williams and Steve Wilcox, whose report Dreams and Reality looks not […]

Category: Housing | Tags: private rented sector, housing investment, housing benefit, homeownership, housing associations

The hostile environment: what social landlords need to know

The hostile environment: what social landlords need to know

May 30, 2018

The problems experienced by the Windrush generation highlight the effects of the “hostile environment” created by Theresa May when she was home secretary. Anyone needing rented housing is affected, alongside those going to hospital or applying for a job or bank account. Social housing applicants have long had to comply with eligibility rules but landlords […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, migration policy, immigration checks, destitution, right to rent

armed forces housing

Another housing privatisation disaster

February 15, 2018

When the Ministry of Defence sold its armed forces housing in 1996, it already looked a bad deal: 57,000 houses were sold for £30,000 each, well under half the average house price at the time. Overnight, the sale created Britain’s biggest private landlord and gave it a blue chip tenant – the MoD. Yet the […]

Category: Housing | Tags: private rented sector, housing policy, stock transfer | 1 Response

Is Britain about anything other than battles?

Is Britain about anything other than battles?

November 17, 2017

How old was Mary, Queen of Scots, when she took the throne? Who won the Battle of Killiecrankie? Unless you know the answers, you’re not fit to be a British citizen. Well, of course you may be one already, but for people who take the Home Office’s Life in the UK test in the hope […]

Category: Migration | Tags: private rented sector, migration policy, immigration checks, right to rent

If the government wants to tackle racial inequality it must act from the top

If the government wants to tackle racial inequality it must act from the top

October 19, 2017

The government’s race disparity audit presents some basic facts about ethnic minorities and their position in the housing market. But incredibly, it says almost nothing about why the “disparities” with white British people occur. For example, the problem of discrimination is mentioned only once in the report, and then in relation to jobs. You can […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, race, right to rent

Housing in Europe: How does Ireland compare?

Housing in Europe: How does Ireland compare?

September 30, 2017

Europe has become a continent of owner-occupiers. That might be the conclusion from looking at the article in this year’s UK Housing Review on the state of housing in Europe. But the real picture is more complex, revealing some interesting comparisons between Ireland and its EU neighbours. Whereas some time ago both Ireland and the […]

Category: Housing | Tags: council housing, private rented sector, homeownership, housing market

The election result may have more to do with housing than we think

June 16, 2017

Housing is often ‘the dog that doesn’t bark’ in elections but last week could it have been nipping away in the background? One of the most striking pieces of analysis of how Britain voted came from the Financial Times, which showed how pro-Conservative or pro-Labour voters were divided by age group. Those in their middle […]

Category: Housing | Tags: private rented sector, housing policy, homeownership

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