The Levelling Up,Housing and Communities Committee worries the new bill means levelling is just a slogan. Nothing will happen until local councils find the confidence to lead they lost two generations ago. Levelling up is the name childish leaders like to use to replace policy with a slogan. Then fly over to Kyiv for the … Continue reading Local communities must learn to Grow Up

Another week has passed. No housing insights from either Conservative party candidate. The cost of living crisis is registering. Good. BOE base rate increases will hit the cost of home loans hard. Not good. Unnecessary debt which measures the price of political failure. This housing stuff is corrosive. Best to ignore it seems to be … Continue reading No hope?

For Conservative politicians housing is nasty disease, best avoided. Labour and Liberal Democrats catch bouts too. In 2014 Reading’s Labour politicians rejected a housing solution for the town, to win some seats in the local elections. Last year we all saw the opportunistic Liberal Democrats activities in the Chesham by-election. For Truss and Sunak housing … Continue reading Why can’t English politicians face housing reality?

Creating popular places, making house prices and rents affordable needs adults able to work together over long periods, think one, two, three generations. Look at the policy timeframes of the landed estates who successful create premium urban values by making their estates places with popular appeal. Would you like to live next door to Belgravia, … Continue reading Juvenile attitudes will not mend housing policy