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Analysis
Making the law
01 November 2023
Bob Widdowson recalls the optimism, commitment, enthusiasm – and gallons of instant coffee – that got the 1977 legislation on to the statute books
Soft target?
01 November 2023
Begging and street drinking are increasingly punished with anti-social behaviour orders or arrest. This is a high risk strategy, say Sarah Johnsen and Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Mean streets
01 November 2023
Dr Tom Hall on how rough sleeping is being ‘designed out’ in Cardiff city centre
Poison pill
01 November 2023
Beware firms claiming to offer a way out of repossession. They are not the panacea for struggling home owners, writes Tony Marshall
End of the line
01 November 2023
People struggling with the rent or mortgage are using high-cost credit cards to cover the gap, write Bill Rashleigh and Tony Marshall
30 years of hurt?
01 September 2023
A generation ago a very different Labour government tried to solve the housing crisis with a green paper. Peter Malpass analyses the results
Root of the problem
01 September 2023
Why is it that 60 years have not been sufficient for the welfare state and progressive taxation to remedy the basic injustices in society? It all comes down to land, argues Fred Harrison
Asset stripping
01 September 2023
Common ownership of land is nothing new – in Scotland most burghs once held sizeable assets. But up to £2 billion worth could have been been plundered, says Andy Wightman
Unequal access
01 July 2023
Disabled children and their families face an uphill struggle to get the housing they need and the problems are even worse if they come from black and minority ethnic families. Ronny Flynn reveals some disturbing new research
On the treadmill
01 July 2023
The cost of housing will deny young people the chance of normal family life, says John Bone
Evicted
01 July 2023
A BBC film tracing the lives of three families as they are forced out of their homes and into temporary accommodation won the 2017 BAFTA award for Best Documentary. Chris Eley, the film’s researcher, writes about working on ‘Evicted’
Dreams deferred
01 July 2023
Simone Fergus has a message for ministers: ‘Your housing policies are stifling my potential.’
Back to the hills
02 May 2023
John Hills rightly resisted miracle cures in a report on social housing that is rigorous and level-headed, says Nick Raynsford
Taking the rise
02 May 2023
Rising prices don’t mean that an area has become a better place to live. Paul Hickman explains how to make sense of housing markets
Diagnosis: market failure
02 May 2023
New research reveals a housing market seized up and dysfunctional. Julian Birch reports in ROOF’s annual Housing Market Healthcheck
