Residents need a real choice on estate redevelopment

If the only options are concrete blocks of various shapes then it is a bogus consultation.

Judy Terry: Our planning system isn’t working

Attractive developments are blocked – ugly ones are pushed through.

Alex Morton: A message to the Prime Minister – we still need a smaller state.

What stands in the way of the homes, jobs and savings proclaimed on the masthead of this site is not a state that’s too liberal, but one that’s not liberal enough.

Daniel Bentley: Is Javid really prepared to get enough homes built?

The May government has so far set its sights no higher than its predecessor. Its aim remains Cameron’s – to build a one million homes during this parliament.

Sam Bowman: Why we at the Adam Smith Institute are best described as neoliberals – not libertarians

It’s time to defend and promote the ideas that have helped to bring globalisation – and in turn brought more wealth, peace and opportunity to billions of people.

Rock Feilding-Mellen: Let councils build more and better new housing

We don’t have to listen to architectural gurus planning for a brave new world but redevelop estates to restore traditional streets.

Andrew Wood: Why you should start a Neighbourhood Plan

They cannot stop development but they can shape it and help deliver more homes as well as infrastructure.

John Moss: If we want to build more homes, it’s time to scrap Local Plans

Let’s have annual statements of policy goals for the next five years – they should run to no more than a dozen sides of A4.

The madness of Local Plan Sustainability Appraisals

These are huge documents required by the EU which nobody reads.

Harry Fairhead: Why the average household’s lifetime tax bill will be over £800,000

The salient point is that it is government intervention that raises the cost of living.

Owen Meredith: Building more housing is not enough

The Tory Reform Group is investigating how we can have desirable homes, in desirable places.

Build, build, build with Javid

The new Communities Secretary sees the construction of more homes as his priority. It is a daunting political mission.

Nicholas Boys Smith: Is Neighbourhood Planning flourishing or withering? And how can communities do it better?

Councils in towns and cities have often been obstructive.

How to deliver a One Nation housing policy

There is a huge amount of talk about solving the problem, but too little effective action.

Localism is causing more new homes to be built

Neighbourhood plans provide over ten per cent more homes than local plans.