Kane Emerson
@kaneemerson.bsky.social
Head of housing research @ YIMBY Alliance 🏡
It is clear that housing can deliver some of the most positive outcomes of growth:
💸Lower housing costs & inflation
🏡Higher living standards
🏙️Thriving towns and cities
This is the narrative, not the housebuilding or the process to get there.
💸Lower housing costs & inflation
🏡Higher living standards
🏙️Thriving towns and cities
This is the narrative, not the housebuilding or the process to get there.
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It is clear that housing can deliver some of the most positive outcomes of growth:
💸Lower housing costs & inflation
🏡Higher living standards
🏙️Thriving towns and cities
This is the narrative, not the housebuilding or the process to get there.
💸Lower housing costs & inflation
🏡Higher living standards
🏙️Thriving towns and cities
This is the narrative, not the housebuilding or the process to get there.
Infrastructure and public services are the most tangible impact for many voters.
New homes can contribute to this tangible growth!
We need to value capture new development more effectively. Value capture can pay for the things voters want like new schools or roads.
New homes can contribute to this tangible growth!
We need to value capture new development more effectively. Value capture can pay for the things voters want like new schools or roads.
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Infrastructure and public services are the most tangible impact for many voters.
New homes can contribute to this tangible growth!
We need to value capture new development more effectively. Value capture can pay for the things voters want like new schools or roads.
New homes can contribute to this tangible growth!
We need to value capture new development more effectively. Value capture can pay for the things voters want like new schools or roads.
📊 Data shows voters care about outcomes, not process.
They want to hear "we'll build more homes so YOU can afford to buy" rather than abstract arguments about housing supply boosting GDP.
They want to hear "we'll build more homes so YOU can afford to buy" rather than abstract arguments about housing supply boosting GDP.
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📊 Data shows voters care about outcomes, not process.
They want to hear "we'll build more homes so YOU can afford to buy" rather than abstract arguments about housing supply boosting GDP.
They want to hear "we'll build more homes so YOU can afford to buy" rather than abstract arguments about housing supply boosting GDP.
This isn't unprecedented - Barcelona's Eixample and Edinburgh's New Town show how successful cities can grow sustainably while creating resilient communities.
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This isn't unprecedented - Barcelona's Eixample and Edinburgh's New Town show how successful cities can grow sustainably while creating resilient communities.
Oxford has 2000 hectares of non-flood plain land to its west with no special environmental status.
Even a fraction of this could provide thousands of homes while protecting precious landscapes.
Even a fraction of this could provide thousands of homes while protecting precious landscapes.
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Oxford has 2000 hectares of non-flood plain land to its west with no special environmental status.
Even a fraction of this could provide thousands of homes while protecting precious landscapes.
Even a fraction of this could provide thousands of homes while protecting precious landscapes.
The opportunity is massive: Every 1,000 new homes around Oxford (with proper infrastructure) would add 0.01% to national GDP.
This isn't just about housing - it's about unleashing innovation and growth.
This isn't just about housing - it's about unleashing innovation and growth.
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The opportunity is massive: Every 1,000 new homes around Oxford (with proper infrastructure) would add 0.01% to national GDP.
This isn't just about housing - it's about unleashing innovation and growth.
This isn't just about housing - it's about unleashing innovation and growth.
Oxford has captured 5% of ALL European life sciences VC investment over the last decade.
But its population has only grown by 35k since 1980.
We're strangling one of our most productive economic clusters.
But its population has only grown by 35k since 1980.
We're strangling one of our most productive economic clusters.
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Oxford has captured 5% of ALL European life sciences VC investment over the last decade.
But its population has only grown by 35k since 1980.
We're strangling one of our most productive economic clusters.
But its population has only grown by 35k since 1980.
We're strangling one of our most productive economic clusters.
The problem is stark: Oxford home prices have jumped from 5x average annual salary in 1999 to nearly 14x today. This isn't just a housing crisis - it's holding back one of the UK's most innovative cities.
(Image from @centreforcities.bsky.social)
(Image from @centreforcities.bsky.social)
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The problem is stark: Oxford home prices have jumped from 5x average annual salary in 1999 to nearly 14x today. This isn't just a housing crisis - it's holding back one of the UK's most innovative cities.
(Image from @centreforcities.bsky.social)
(Image from @centreforcities.bsky.social)
🚨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...
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.