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It’s not too late to save Generation Rent

by John Myers | Apr 18, 2018 | The Analyst

The Resolution Foundation’s depressing claim that one-third of millennials face renting their whole life has made headlines today. But the think tank’s report also contained the encouraging — and unsurprising — revelation that countries building plenty of homes have...

Britain’s housing crisis just isn’t that complicated

by John Myers | Mar 28, 2018 | Residential Investor

How can we end the housing crisis? Would a better planning system ensure more well-designed homes with local support where they are most wanted, over time making homes more affordable than they would otherwise be? Of course it would. When it comes to whether or not...

Let the market fix the Tories’ housing problem

by Madeline Grant | Mar 27, 2018 | Political Insider

During the 2015 General Election, Ed Miliband’s flagship pledge to cap energy prices was derided by conservatives as a deranged idea from the 1970s. The then-PM David Cameron accused “Red Ed” of “wanting to live in a Marxist universe”. Yet within two years, the idea...

What Tokyo can – and can’t – teach us about the housing crisis

by Oliver Wiseman | Mar 16, 2018 | The Economist

Be more like Japan. That is the takeaway from a Bloomberg column by the always-interesting Noah Smith. His is the latest article to look at Tokyo’s approach to housing for answers to the spiralling cost of homes in comparable Western cities. On the surface, the...

The government is ignoring popular, easy fixes to the housing crisis

by John Myers | Mar 14, 2018 | Political Insider

Horrified passengers suddenly realize their boat has a leak. They frantically start to paddle it with their hands towards a distant shore. The engine and sail sit ignored and unused. Meanwhile, someone at the stern refuses to raise the anchor. Theresa May’s...