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<p class="feature_date">01 November 2023</p>
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<p>A generation ago a very different Labour government tried to solve the housing crisis with a green paper. Peter Malpass analyses the results </p>
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<p>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</p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 September 2023</p>
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<p>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</p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<p>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 </p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<p>The cost of housing will deny young people the chance of normal family life, says John Bone </p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<h2><a href="/">Dreams deferred</a></h2>
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<p>Simone Fergus has a message for ministers: ‘Your housing policies are stifling my potential.’</p>
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<h2><a href="/">Back to the hills</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">02 May 2023</p>
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<p>John Hills rightly resisted miracle cures in a report on social housing that is rigorous and level-headed, says Nick Raynsford</p>
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<h2><a href="/">Taking the rise</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">02 May 2023</p>
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<p>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</p>
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<p class="feature_date">02 May 2023</p>
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<p>New research reveals a housing market seized up and dysfunctional. Julian Birch reports in ROOF’s annual Housing Market Healthcheck </p>
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