All Social value articles – Page 27
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OpinionWhat can we learn from 15 Clerkenwell Close?
Buildings shoud be signed off by planners as well as building control, suggests Julia Park
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OpinionLiving in a shared house doesn’t have to be a last resort
There is nothing wrong with sharing a home providing it has been designed for the purpose and is affordable
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FeaturesWhy it's in all our interests to reinvent the almshouse after 1,000 years
While the last decade has seen significant progress in the quality and variety of housing for older people, there is still some way to go
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OpinionA new low in office-to-residential conversions
The sorry story of Newbury House shows that permitted development too often makes people’s lives a misery, writes Julia Park
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OpinionHere's some holiday reading, housing minister
The new line-up at the Housing Ministry needs to do some swotting over the summer, suggests Julia Park
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OpinionWho is social housing for?
Julia Park urges architects to pay more attention to the long-term maintenance of housing they design
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OpinionRaynsford’s vision for planning is spot-on, so put his ideas in the new NPPF
The government should stop messing with permitted development and focus on getting the fundamentals right
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OpinionShow us that you mean it, minister
Dominic Raab’s declaration that poor design should be refused planning is massive - if it turns out to be more than just words
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OpinionWhere's the government's ambition?
Julia Park chews over the draft NPPF and Letwin’s initial report - and laments ministers’ woeful lack of aspiration
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OpinionTo vote or not to vote?
Balloting residents about plans to redevelop their homes sounds a good idea but is fraught with problems
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OpinionDensity is just a number. What counts is quality of place
We need to encourage inventive design solutions, not accept lower standards
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OpinionAll the ways government makes it hard for councils to build housing
Many local authorities are doing their damndest to build homes for their residents - and they’re managing it despite the active discouragement of ministers, says Julia Park
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OpinionDon’t bank on the budget to fix the housing market
The measures in the budget are fine as far as they go but won’t deliver the promised 300,000 homes a year, says Julia Park
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OpinionJust who is being Helped to Buy?
Far from fixing the broken housing market, the Treasury is propping it up with misguided policies, argues Julia Park
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OpinionThis housing consultation is revealing - of muddled thinking
Julia Park picks apart the government’s proposed reforms to the NPPF
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OpinionWhy design and build doesn't work
Design and build contracts were meant to give responsibility for jobs to one party. The reality is rather different says Julia Park
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OpinionWill Grenfell change everything?
When just one volume of building regs refers to 93 other documents, it’s clear that we need to go back to first principles, says Julia Park
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OpinionWill England’s new metro mayors make a difference?
Their powers are limited and the government’s motive might have been to off-load responsibility, but this exercise in devolution could still be a good thing. Julia Park takes a look
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OpinionWhen is overcrowding not overcrowding?
When you could sleep in the kitchen. Julia Park provides an illuminating history of the many ways landlords and the authorities have dodged their responsibility to provide decent housing rights up to the present day
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OpinionIs it time to tax land value uplift for community benefit?
The uplift in land value has been taxed at rates from 100% in 1947 to zero today. A sensible level of taxation could help fund social infrastructure and affordable housing says Julia Park