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Dave Sheridan

Welsh housing

Right to buy is wrong approach

When right to buy came into effect in the mid-1980s, rising house prices and surging inflation created the hope there would be a mass movement of wealth from the state to individuals. The market today is far more complex.

Net zero

Net zero: there’s no time to dither

Everyone agrees that living more sustainably is a necessity if the UK economy is to successfully transition to net zero by 2050 – and there is no time for dither or delay.

Housebuilding

It’s time to diversify housing supply

Two policy changes stood out in long-awaited planning white paper ‘Planning for the future’ – the government’s blueprint for replacing England’s outdated, post-war planning rulebook with a radically new system.

Modular housing

Modular homes are the future

Just over a month before much of the world went into lockdown, at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, session after session was devoted to tackling the climate crisis.