Housing crisis cost us votes, says Michael Gove
2 years, 7 months ago

Housing crisis cost us votes, says Michael Gove

The Telegraph  

Many voters who turned against the Conservatives this week were punishing the party for falling rates of home ownership, Michael Gove has warned. In an interview with The Telegraph, the Housing Secretary said that his first lesson from the local election results was: “We’ve got to do more on home ownership.” He warned that the Tories “have a problem” because “the proportion of people living in their own homes has gone down”, whilst the share of those renting has increased. That is wrong.” Mr Gove outlined plans designed to increase the supply of homes, which are due to form part of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, one of the flagship pieces of legislation expected to be announced in next week’s Queen’s Speech. He said that measures will include powers for residents to decide on local “design codes”, in a bid to reduce resistance to new homes. The other two lessons Mr Gove identified from the results were “never ever, ever take any voter for granted”, and that “the Labour Party still has further to go”.

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Labour is right to push hard to ease the housing crisis – but must avoid leaving a gruesome legacy
1 week, 5 days ago

Labour is right to push hard to ease the housing crisis – but must avoid leaving a gruesome legacy

The Independent  

As it is in nature and architecture, so it is in planning – there is always a balance to be found. The combination of reimposing “top-down” housing targets on local authorities in England, the sheer scale of the ambition to build housing, and the use of central power to impose planning judgements on communities against their will, will create unprecedented …

Rayner unveils overhaul of planning system in drive for 1.5 million homes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rayner unveils overhaul of planning system in drive for 1.5 million homes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Angela Rayner has announced an …

Labour set to overhaul planning rules to build the 'biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour set to overhaul planning rules to build the 'biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation'

Daily Mail  

Labour will overhaul planning rules to build the 'biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation', the Deputy Prime Minister has said. Angela Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, said delivering the homes 'at scale' is her 'No 1 priority' after accusing the previous government of giving up on building. Deputy PM Angela Rayner has said delivering …

Newly elected Labour MP opposes plans for new homes in her own constituency despite party's pledge to build tens of thousands of new properties
5 months, 1 week ago

Newly elected Labour MP opposes plans for new homes in her own constituency despite party's pledge to build tens of thousands of new properties

Daily Mail  

A newly elected Labour MP spent her first day opposing a housing development despite the Government's vow to build more homes. Sarah Coombes announced she was taking a break from Parliament to speak at a planning appeal on behalf of residents who are trying to stop fewer than 200 houses and a country park being built on farmland in the …

General election 2024: Labour and the Conservatives’s plans to tackle the housing crisis in full
6 months, 1 week ago

General election 2024: Labour and the Conservatives’s plans to tackle the housing crisis in full

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While Sir Keir Starmer has emphasised the need for more …

Political Leaders Are Finally Responding to the Housing Crisis. They Need to Move Faster.
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Political Leaders Are Finally Responding to the Housing Crisis. They Need to Move Faster.

Politico  

The result was a package of reforms passed in 2023, and he cited early progress: rents have dropped over the past year. So far, Biden is just nibbling around the edges of the problem, partially because of practical limitations on what he can do, but “The woke left is waging full-scale war on the suburbs, and their Marxist crusade is …

The worrying graph that shows Australia is going the wrong way in building the 1.2million new homes it needs to solve the housing crisis
9 months, 1 week ago

The worrying graph that shows Australia is going the wrong way in building the 1.2million new homes it needs to solve the housing crisis

Daily Mail  

A plunge in home approvals has cast severe doubt over the federal government's ambitious plan to build 1.2million homes in five years. Australia's new house approvals are slumping casting severe doubt over the federal government's promise to build 1.2milion homes in five years To meet the Albanese government's targets, 20,000 homes will need to be built every month from July …

Government must pump billions into new housing to meet targets
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Government must pump billions into new housing to meet targets

Dutch News  

Housing corporations, local councils, investors, and tenants organisations have urged the government to come up with a raft of new measures and cash to stimulate the construction of new homes. In particular, the government needs to invest between €3 billion and €5 billion a year to help finance new developments and meet targets on affordable and social housing. “We need …

Government must pump billions into new housing to meet targets
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Government must pump billions into new housing to meet targets

Dutch News  

Housing corporations, local councils, investors, and tenants organisations have urged the government to come up with a raft of new measures and cash to stimulate the construction of new homes. In particular, the government needs to invest between €3 billion and €5 billion a year to help finance new developments and meet targets on affordable and social housing. “We need …

Why Britain’s housebuilding slump is about to get much worse
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Britain’s housebuilding slump is about to get much worse

The Telegraph  

A damning report into the health of Britain’s housebuilding sector pulled no punches on Monday, as the competition watchdog raised concerns over decades of failure. The list of criticisms directed towards developers was wide-ranging, as the Competition and Markets Authority attacked shoddily built properties, excessive fees and inescapable management schemes. In an unusual move, the CMA called for “fundamental interventions …

Gove’s shake up ‘won’t touch surface’ of property crisis, says housing boss
10 months, 1 week ago

Gove’s shake up ‘won’t touch surface’ of property crisis, says housing boss

The Telegraph  

Michael Gove’s overhaul of planning rules “won’t touch the surface” when it comes to solving the housing crisis, the boss of a major British builder has said. Graham Prothero, chief executive at MJ Gleeson, said the Housing Secretary’s plans to “build the right homes in the right places” were not enough to alleviate Britain’s deep housing crisis. Mr Gove earlier …

As a new parliamentary year gets underway, the housing crisis remains a powerful vote driver
10 months, 1 week ago

As a new parliamentary year gets underway, the housing crisis remains a powerful vote driver

ABC  

Political momentum has ebbed and flowed in the first fortnight of parliament for the year. Amidst the parliamentary ping-pong between Labor's hard-sell of its tax cuts and the Coalition's alarm at convicted immigrants on the loose, it's become clear all sides are keeping a close eye on another issue which could prove to be a far more powerful vote driver: …

Michael Gove to overhaul planning laws to help young people onto property ladder
10 months, 1 week ago

Michael Gove to overhaul planning laws to help young people onto property ladder

The Telegraph  

Michael Gove is to change the law to enable office blocks to be turned into homes for young people trying to get onto the property ladder. The move comes amid growing alarm at the slump in the Tory party’s support among young people and millennial parents, fuelled largely by the struggle to buy or rent affordable housing. Polling figures at …

Where will these new homes be built? Here's what the government's new housing bill means for you
1 year, 3 months ago

Where will these new homes be built? Here's what the government's new housing bill means for you

ABC  

After months of negotiations, the federal government's key housing policy is set to pass parliament this week after brokering a deal with the Greens. The $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund promises to build 30,000 new and affordable social homes in the fund's first five years. The 30,000 new homes includes 4,000 homes allocated to: women and children impacted by …

Gove to announce plans to make home extensions and loft conversions easier
1 year, 5 months ago

Gove to announce plans to make home extensions and loft conversions easier

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New flexibilities will be introduced to allow shops, takeaways and betting shops to be …

Levelling Up Bill will make things worse, not better, says former housing minister
2 years ago

Levelling Up Bill will make things worse, not better, says former housing minister

The Telegraph  

A former levelling-up minister has warned that his former department’s bill will make the country’s housing crisis even worse. Eddie Hughes MP, who was a minister for housing until September, said the Government must ensure that building affordable accommodation is helped rather than “hindered” by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill’s reforms. He goes on: “Given the serious need for …

Falling home ownership cost Tories votes, says Michael Gove
2 years, 7 months ago

Falling home ownership cost Tories votes, says Michael Gove

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The other one is that the Labour Party doesn’t seem to have made anything like …

How we can solve the nation’s affordable housing crisis
2 years, 10 months ago

How we can solve the nation’s affordable housing crisis

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Janneke Ratcliffe is vice president for the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute. Building more homes for low- and moderate-income families and first-time homebuyers, and equipping these families with reliable and affordable financing tools so they can compete to buy these homes, is essential if we’re to solve the nation’s affordable homeownership crisis. Here are a …

Michael Gove aims to scrap need for leaseholders to foot bill for making fire-trap homes safe
3 years, 1 month ago

Michael Gove aims to scrap need for leaseholders to foot bill for making fire-trap homes safe

Daily Mail  

Leaseholders should not have to pay a penny towards the cost of replacing fire-risk cladding, Michael Gove said last night in an apparent major concession. Appearing before the Commons housing committee yesterday, Michael Gove confirmed he would ‘pause’ plans that would see leaseholders take out loans to pay for remediation work Mr Jenrick’s scheme aims to put a cap on …

Gove delay to planning reforms ‘will mean more young people in overpriced rented homes’
3 years, 3 months ago

Gove delay to planning reforms ‘will mean more young people in overpriced rented homes’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Michael Gove’s decision to review controversial planning reforms has been greeted …

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