The Council decided not to hold financialized landlords accountable, resorting to a well-intentioned, but misguided comparison to the health-care system.

The project capitalizes on a crisis: Inexorably rising housing prices, unaffordable rentals and low vacancy rates, all part of a housing market…

Strategies must be adopted that protect affordable homes and insulate housing against speculative investors.

The tragic fire remains a symbol of what has gone wrong in housing for poor people, despite my warnings to the UK government not to ignore human rights.

Whether it is taxation policy, land-use planning, zoning, or broader housing policy, decisions must be guided by the needs of residents for adequate, affordable and secure housing, as opposed to the financial security and gain of investors. Enjoyment of human rights would be the goal.