Protests outside Houses of Parliament

Yesterday the government was defeated by Labour and Crossbench Peers three times over the Welfare Reform Bill. Z2K is very pleased that these excellent ammendments that protect the disabled were passed and we hope that they survive when they return to the commons. They also give us hope that our own ammendments, which are still to be debated, do well.

On the same day there was also a demonstration outside the houses of parliment. Here’s a video where you can see our Chairman, Rev. Paul Nicolson, taking part.

“No Place Like Home” part 4: The main lessons – and how to do it better

By Peter Ambrose

“No Place Like Home” – an introduction to Z2K Housing Review

This is the final video of “No Place Like Home”, the four-part film introduction to Z2K Housing Review. Continue reading

“No Place Like Home” part 3: Why has it gone wrong? – The Reasons

by Peter Ambrose

“No Place Like Home” – an introduction to Z2K Housing Review


We saw in Part 2 that many of the loan and mortgage products developed by financial institutions in recent years have been very complex and have used the mathematics of gambling. Continue reading

Film on Z2K Housing Review – “No Place Like Home” (part 1)

The four-part film ‘No Place Like Home’ forms an introduction to the Review. This film grows out of, and adds to, the structural analysis and critique of housing policy contained in the Z2K Memorandum to the Prime Minister on Unaffordable Housing.

The review will be published quarterly with a first edition in April 2009. It will contain up to date information, comment, discussion and proposals from experts, policy makers, academics and professionals in the field of housing. The ambition is to create a dynamic locus for debate that will provide decision makers with informed choices and that will encourage more holistic and strategic thinking about housing policy development than has been evident in recent decades. It will also be a resource for those studying housing issues at FE and HE levels.” Continue reading