Vicky Spratt
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United Kingdom
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Past articles by Vicky:
Single people need affordable housing, not flowers on Valentine’s Day
There is currently not a single place in the country where it is affordable for a woman on her own who has an average income to buy or rent a home. → Read More
Liz Truss's version of what happened to mortgage rates is simply untrue
The former Prime Minister is drawing on the language of conspiracists by taking aim at a faceless, shadowy “establishment” and blaming them for her mistakes. → Read More
With interest rates set to rise again, the housing crisis remains a vicious circle
Britain's housing market is stuck between a rock and a hard place → Read More
Leasehold is a hangover from feudalism and colonialism, it’s got to go
Housing Secretary Michael Gove vowed to “scrap” the “unfair” and “feudal” structure later this year. → Read More
Government to block failing social housing providers from public funding
Housing Secretary Michael Gove told i he felt 'an immense sense of sorrow and anger' when he read the coroner’s report into the death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died as a result of 'prolonged exposure' to mould → Read More
Desperate renters are being ignored by politicians
Michael Gove may have been reinstalled at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) but private renters desperately need help. They, quite literally, can’t afford to wait → Read More
Michael Gove will need to take on Rishi Sunak if he wants to fix the housing crisis
The Housing Secretary could be facing a battle against the Treasury, Department for Work and Pensions and his new boss Rishi Sunak as he attempts to get his plans for housing back on track → Read More
‘I don’t see how we can keep the house’ – rising mortgage rates will be financially ruinous
I ask everyone I meet the same question: “if you could change one thing about your situation, what would it be?” Everyone gives a version of the same answer: “I dream of owning my own home”. (Photo by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images) → Read More
‘If you’ve got money, you can stay’: The Lake District residents forced out by holiday lets
“As a working class person I don’t feel welcome in this area any more”: Alex Winson, 32, a key worker who grew up in Windermere, the Lake District (Photo: Phoebe Fleming/iNews) → Read More
‘How not to solve a crisis’: Kwarteng is making an unbalanced housing market even worse
'Liz Truss and her new chancellor want growth. If they were serious about achieving it, they would invest in building social homes' → Read More
UK house price inflation isn't the economic fix the Government thinks it is
Instead of asking whether the housing market might 'crash', we should all question whether ploughing your entire life’s savings into a fickle market is smart at all → Read More
Stamp duty cut could cause house prices to rise, cancel out any savings and price out first-time-buyers
The reported plan to cut stamp duty has been branded "completely pointless". → Read More
How can women trust Thérèse Coffey as Health Secretary when we know her views on abortion?
Thérèse Coffey has a long record of voting in favour of restricting abortion since she became the Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal in 2010 (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) → Read More
The new PM won't be able to ignore the housing crisis like the Tory leadership contest has
Despite an increase in rough sleeping, homelessness accommodation services have declined by 39 per cent since 2010. That’s according to new research from the national charity, Homeless Link published this week → Read More
'You had to jump over a hole to get in': The group renovating derelict houses to make affordable rental homes
After a spate of police raids due to drugs and anti-social behaviour, it seemed one suburb of Grimsby was doomed. A community group turned socially conscious ethical landlord has rejuvenated the area and made it into a community once again → Read More
Renters are at increased risk of eviction and politicians are doing nothing to help
Today, rent is the largest outgoing for millions of private renters. What will it take for politicians to take note of that fact and make sure the available support is adequate? → Read More
Rising interest rates: Experts call for rent freeze and eviction pause amid fears landlords will up fees
Rents are already hitting historic highs across the country and there is a very real concern that landlords will pass their rising costs onto their tenants → Read More
UK heatwave: Why converted office homes could become uninhabitable if roasting temperatures become more common
Office blocks can be turned into residential properties without getting planning permission and it's going to cause serious problems → Read More
Tenants ‘pushed out’ of their homes as private landlords hike rents by more than 20% overnight
Tenants have told i they could be forced to move to a new town or city as their rent spirals above runaway inflation → Read More
Fifty year mortgages will turn us into a nation of people renting from banks
Instead of cruising through retirement, today’s young adults may be side hustling through their final decades to pay off huge mortgages → Read More