The social housing green paper does little to confront the challenges facing the sector.
Atif Shafique
Senior Researcher
Atif Shafique is a senior researcher for the public services and communities team. His particular interests include inclusive growth, economic insecurity, lifelong learning and the role of citizens and localities in delivering place-based change.
Atif's Blog
Atif Shafique looks at the implications of recent research, asking whether we should consider a root-and-branch change of social policy.
In this collection of small blogs, a few members of RSA staff offer their reflections on Windrush – that it means for them personally and what it tells us about British society.
The scale of economic insecurity in the UK is vast. It demands comprehensive solutions that redefine the social contract between citizens, the state and the market.
Atif Shafique presents five key take-aways from the RSA's recent publication on co-living - a form of housing that builds community by combining private living space with communal facilities.
The recent Budget did little to address concerns about economic insecurity and Britain's low wage, low productivity economy.