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A timeline of housing history – the 2000s
As Inside Housing reflects on our reporting of yesteryear to mark our 40th anniversary, Katharine Swindells, Jess McCabe and Faima Bakar return to the first decade of the 21st century. Pictures by Alamy
After surviving the Millennium Bug, New Labour entered the 2000s with a huge challenge to face in terms of homelessness and housing quality.
The policies the government took to address these changed the social housing sector drastically, and the results can be clearly seen today.
Remind yourself of the key stories in our timelines below.
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40 years of Inside Housing – the other decades
A timeline of housing history – the 1980s
Inside Housing launched mid-way through a turbulent decade for housing, and for the UK. That was reflected in our early coverage, from debates over the Right to Buy, to massive cuts in grant for building new homes, which still shape the UK to this day
A timeline of housing history – the 1990s
As Inside Housing turns 40 years old, we are looking back over four decades of housing history, as reported by the publication. James Riding takes a walk down memory lane to the ’90s
A timeline of housing history – the 2010s to present day
In our final trip back in time to celebrate Inside Housing’s 40th anniversary, Hannah Fearn, Jess McCabe and Faima Bakar revisit the 2010s and 2020s, and look at how we reported on the big stories
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