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What does freehold mean? Compare freehold, leasehold and commonhold ownership types to understand property rights and responsibilities.| OpenRent Landlord Hub
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
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. England and Wales have a long history of trying and failing to introduce commonhold and an even longer one of trying and failing to reform leaseho…| Jules Birch
Labour Housing Group Vice-Chair Alison Inman writes on the King's Speech, the changes since the last time Labour was able to deliver a programme in government, and the hope ahead for housing.| Red Brick
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. 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 Wounded by the D Day furore and badly behind in the polls, the Conservatives have retreated to their home ownership comfort zone in their elec…| 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