We generally close the blog down over Easter so, as Ben had already done his column, you are getting it a day early. [Ben Reeve Lewis' is off to the US of A ...] The USA has always been my top … [Read more...]
Housing Law – the bigger picture – the statistics
Last week I suggested that the time had come to re-evaluate housing and housing law in view of the very significant changes in the sector since the main legislation change in 1989 when the assured … [Read more...]
Private rented sector statistics
If you like statisitics then you will find a bundle of them in the recently published Private Landlords Survey 2010. I am just going to take a quick look at some of them here - if you want to see … [Read more...]
Local Authorities failing to protect vulnerable tenants says new report
Housing conditions in the private rented sector An interesting new housing report, prepared by Dr Stephen Battersby for Alison Seabeck MP, Shadow Housing Minister & Karen Buck MP, Shadow Work and … [Read more...]
Will the next 10 years be the decade of the rental?
Is the coming decade going to be the one where Britain becomes more like countries in Europe where renting is the norm? Several interesting reports online today consider this. An article in the FT … [Read more...]
Affordable housing is not affordable
It seems that 'affordable housing', a term much bandied about nowadays, is actually not really affordable at all. Generally the phrase is taken to mean that the property is available at below full … [Read more...]