Grenfell and Housing Policy; the need for a sensible response
The tragic and avoidable deaths of so many people in the Grenfell Tower will remain with us for many years. The public inquiry is...
Isn’t it time we had a National Housing Service?
When people talk or write about the housing crisis faced in the UK, there are a number of key catch phrases that come up time and again....
Acting against homelessness
Grenfell Tower was a shocking tragedy that took the lives of many of the country’s poorest families in the most horrific way. For anyone...
‘High rise’ must not become a toxic brand
The deadly fire at Grenfell Tower was the worst of its kind that the UK has ever seen. There are many immediate human impacts from the...
Social Housing needs an urgent rethink
The truth of the Grenfell tragedy will not lie in an individual mistake but more realistically in a catalogue of failures that will go...
The evident discrepencies between housing supply and homeownership
Over the past two decades in Britain, the words building and Barker have become almost synonymous but what does she think government can...
