Think they were already doing that in many cases - probably more so now in anticipation but RRA is very far from rent control

Yes that’s why it jumped out at me
- but that’s mainly on the RRA side of things

But his argument on govt borrowing more to build homes leaves the old v new Labour debate behind. Radical is not the same as ‘New’ - it recognises that the market alone cannot deliver

New Labour again did little to reverse Conservative changes in 1980s bar restrictions on right to buy discounts (which govt is also doing now). It resisted any attempt to allow councils to build again - moves towards that only came post Blair

Agree with his argument on council housing and government borrowing - but isn’t it a bit Old Labour in his terms (not a bad thing)?

New Labour rejected changes to the post 1988 deregulation of the private rented sector as a way of appealing for more investment - but the arguments he makes against RRA are the standard ones against forms of rent regulation

Nimbys? No problem when you can sentence them to death or 50 years in jail. How to build a 30 storey upside down skyscraper? Hmm

If you’re interested in examples from the UK then Kate Macintosh springs to mind