We’d all love more public money going into genuinely affordable rented homes, but that’s not going to happen. We have found our own way forward
Steve Hilditch has been an articulate and informed writer on housing issues for a long time. What he says is usually thoughtful and worth listening to – which is why his most recent piece is so disappointing.
We are used to evidence-free accusations from many in the media about housing associations losing their mission and social purpose. It’s quite a surprise when similar evidence-free accusations come from Hilditch. His central suggestion is that some housing associations “have become developers first and foremost”. Indeed, they have, as they have always been. Housing associations’ mission is based on building new homes for people in need. To accuse them of losing their purpose because they are building homes is perverse. This is what they are for.
April 26, 2017 at 01:19PM
from David Orr
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