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Are government plans for a landlord register enough to protect tenants or should landlords be left to get on with it? ROOF reports from this year’s conference on private renting

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Affordability hits a five-year high, but a paucity of mortgages means first-time buyers still can’t access the housing market. Julian Birch analyses ROOF’s 2019 Affordability Index.

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Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Mark Stephens and Caroline Davey reflect on the purpose and role of social housing and the prospect of a new Green Paper on housing refom

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New research shows that private renters are at the sharp end of the affordability crisis, reports Liam Reynolds

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Can he fix it? Yes he can… and in less than two years, Robert Napier, incoming chair of the new Homes and Community Agency, tells Tony Marshall

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They were rescued from repossession only to face eviction. Tony Marshall talks to the new victims of the sale and rent back scandal

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Regeneration is meant to be about community empowerment. Try telling that to residents of one south London estate. Brook Hewett and Bill Rashleigh report. Photographs by Andrea Testoni.

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Despite an apparently endless series of relaunches, shared ownership schemes are still failing the people they’re meant to help. Tony Marshall investigates

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Housing associations’ global accounts may look rosy, but analysis reveals some worrying trends. By David Montague

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A multi-billion pound development programme offers housing associations the chance to consolidate their position as the country’s leading social housing provider - but the risks to expansion leave no room for complacency, argues Sebastian Taylor.

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