Prior to joining JRF, Darren worked on housing, UK poverty and environmental policy at a leading progressive think-tank. Darren has worked in academic research and conducted a PhD at the University of York.
Email: darren.baxter@jrf.org.uk
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The Government can support housebuilding by increasing the financial capacity of social and affordable housing providers.
Tax reforms introduced in 2016 marked a decisive shift in housing policy, reducing landlord demand and freeing up homes for first-time buyers (FTBs)
An above-inflation rent settlement helps investment in existing and new stock, but pushes more social-renters into poverty. Here's how the Welsh Government can protect them.
We’re looking at how JRF's social investment can help to tackle the rise of long-term renters, and widening wealth inequality.
We look at 3 ways that buying private homes for social ownership can play a role in shaping the housing market and growing new, more equitable housing models.
This briefing calls for development of new, large-scale, sustainable communities with homes, jobs and infrastructure. It will mean the public sector taking a much stronger role, in partnership with the private sector, to advance the long-term public interest.
This briefing sets out the argument underpinning a new area of work at JRF, around ownership and distribution of homes in the English housing market.
Reforms to private renting will deliver a step change in renters’ rights, but the Government must get the detail right for them to be truly effective.
In 2020, the Government announced a consultation on major reforms to the planning system - capturing uplifts in the value of land should be a key focus.