Kane Emerson
@kaneemerson.bsky.social
Head of housing research @ YIMBY Alliance 🏡
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🚨New report with @homesfornorth calls on the government to adopt a novel approach to affordable housing investment:
Giving Homes England a ‘National Affordable Housing Bank’ role to invest alongside the private sector in funds set up to deliver discounted rent homes.
A 🧵on why this is needed:
Giving Homes England a ‘National Affordable Housing Bank’ role to invest alongside the private sector in funds set up to deliver discounted rent homes.
A 🧵on why this is needed:
May 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨New report with @homesfornorth calls on the government to adopt a novel approach to affordable housing investment:
Giving Homes England a ‘National Affordable Housing Bank’ role to invest alongside the private sector in funds set up to deliver discounted rent homes.
A 🧵on why this is needed:
Giving Homes England a ‘National Affordable Housing Bank’ role to invest alongside the private sector in funds set up to deliver discounted rent homes.
A 🧵on why this is needed:
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The Sunday Times is right—Milton Keynes is one of the most exciting and innovative places in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. A city built for growth, with the infrastructure, ambition, and economic strength to lead the UK’s next phase of development.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
New rail link, big tech sector — time to move to Milton Keynes?
The city straddling the Oxford-Cambridge corridor believes its forward-looking ethos will draw skilled people from both university cities
www.thetimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Sunday Times is right—Milton Keynes is one of the most exciting and innovative places in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. A city built for growth, with the infrastructure, ambition, and economic strength to lead the UK’s next phase of development.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
🏘️ Important new report on how people perceive economic growth.
Key finding: Growth only matters if people can feel it in their daily lives.
Housing is a perfect example...
Key finding: Growth only matters if people can feel it in their daily lives.
Housing is a perfect example...
📢 Our first report, Mind the Growth Gap, is out now!
We reveal the growth gap—the disconnect between what politicians think good growth looks like and what people actually want.
Check it out below 👇
www.goodgrowthfoundation.co.uk/mind-the-gro...
We reveal the growth gap—the disconnect between what politicians think good growth looks like and what people actually want.
Check it out below 👇
www.goodgrowthfoundation.co.uk/mind-the-gro...
Mind The Growth Gap — The Good Growth Foundation
What politicians are missing when it comes to growth.
Economic growth is the most important mission of this government, and for good reason. Growth is not just a matter of figures on a balance sheet...
www.goodgrowthfoundation.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🏘️ Important new report on how people perceive economic growth.
Key finding: Growth only matters if people can feel it in their daily lives.
Housing is a perfect example...
Key finding: Growth only matters if people can feel it in their daily lives.
Housing is a perfect example...
🚨NEW: the Government has just announced a Growth Commission for Oxford, one of Britain's most unaffordable cities. Our new @ukdayone.bsky.social paper today explains how a growing Oxford as part of the Ox-Cam corridor could be an engine of national economic growth...
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🚨NEW: the Government has just announced a Growth Commission for Oxford, one of Britain's most unaffordable cities. Our new @ukdayone.bsky.social paper today explains how a growing Oxford as part of the Ox-Cam corridor could be an engine of national economic growth...
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🧵The next generation of new towns will transform the UK, but we mustn’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
January 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🧵The next generation of new towns will transform the UK, but we mustn’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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A major new report from @centreforcities.bsky.social calls for the Government to take much bolder action on reform to be sure to achieve its goal of 1.5 million new homes this Parliament!
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December 3, 2024 at 8:00 AM
A major new report from @centreforcities.bsky.social calls for the Government to take much bolder action on reform to be sure to achieve its goal of 1.5 million new homes this Parliament!
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Ten weeks ago, I was told by the government that fixing the years-long driving test backlog was a “top priority”.
Since then, no policy changes have been announced.
A contender for Britain’s most infuriating public policy failure. Small, but so so tractable…
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Since then, no policy changes have been announced.
A contender for Britain’s most infuriating public policy failure. Small, but so so tractable…
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Ten weeks ago, I was told by the government that fixing the years-long driving test backlog was a “top priority”.
Since then, no policy changes have been announced.
A contender for Britain’s most infuriating public policy failure. Small, but so so tractable…
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Since then, no policy changes have been announced.
A contender for Britain’s most infuriating public policy failure. Small, but so so tractable…
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
The consultation period to create the new town of Milton Keynes took just 6 weeks.
November 18, 2024 at 6:56 PM
The consultation period to create the new town of Milton Keynes took just 6 weeks.