The Emergency Measures Are Right — But will the Boroughs back them?
I have tried throughout my time writing on London housing policy to be constructively critical of the…
Parkhurst Part 2: Before and After, Land Strikes and Practical vs Theory
Part 1 of this series established that the conclusions from Parkhurst Road Ltd v Secretary of State…
London local elections – initial reactions
Greens have made significant gains in Hackney, Haringey and Waltham Forest. Haringey and Hackney have both been…
Parkhurst: The judgement nobody read but shut down the London land market for a generation
Part 1 of a deep dive propviews on why the London planning framework has…
It takes a decade: How London broke its housing market
Setting the scene There is no singular cause…
Black Swans, Transmission Impacts and Ceasefires – Part 4
There was much relief when a ceasefire of sorts was announced earlier this week. But it doesn’t…
Shelter, viability and the myth of the “free lunch” in land
With the development sector sustaining significant losses, sites stalling and the industry contracting, it was both poorly…
Black swans, cost inflation and the London Mayor is now King – Part 3
It is now increasingly clear that this conflict is not a short-lived shock despite the American President’s…
Black Swans, Bond Markets and the Housing Pipeline – Part 2
On Monday morning President Trump published on his Truth Social platform “I AM PLEASE…
Housing policy isn’t failing. It’s doing exactly what voters (wrongly) want.
For years, the industry has told itself a comforting story: governments and politicians might make mistakes but…
