Posts about Housing associations written by julesbirch| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. A year into the Labour government how should we assess its record on housing? It’s not hard to find reasons to celebrate, from the spen…| Jules Birch
Writer and editor, mostly about housing and social policy. Blogger at Inside Housing. Ageing footballer| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Amid the excitement of the first Labour King’s Speech in 15 years, it may seem churlish to inject a note of scepticism. The excitement lies …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. The focus of the election finally turned to housing today (Thursday) but blink and you may have missed it. The issue described as ‘the dog that ha…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Given a backdrop of grim economic times and successive election defeats, this was always going to be a cautious Labour manifesto. So the good news…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Following his surprise decision to stand down as MP, Michael Gove leaves Westminster as probably the most important politician for housing in the …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. I’m not sure what Karl Marx would have made of the sixth housing minister in two years …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. The good news is that the King’s Speech does promise a Leasehold and Freehold Bill. The less good is that this is not yet the end, and maybe not t…| Jules Birch