Thursday, 14 June 2018

Did the Blitz enhance London’s economy?

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By Gerard Dericks & Hans Koster The Blitz lasted from Sept 1940 to May 1941, during which the Luftwaffe dropped 18,291 tons of high ...
Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Inclusive Growth in cities: Good intentions, difficult policy

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Posted by Neil Lee, Department of Geography and Environment and SERC Inclusive Growth - a concern with the pace and pattern of growth - ha...
Wednesday, 16 May 2018

The ‘Bedroom Tax’: How did families react? Did the policy achieve its objectives?

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By Steve Gibbons The ‘Bedroom Tax’ – or ‘under occupancy penalty’ or ‘removal of the spare room subsidy’ as it has been called officially...
Thursday, 3 May 2018

Does gentrification displace low-income renters in Britain? In short: Yes!

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By Sevrin Waights Gentrification is an ambiguous term, which roughly speaking means the replacement of poor residents in a community by t...
Thursday, 29 March 2018

Housing: the happy self-delusion of ‘no shortage’

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Posted by Paul Cheshire The assertion that there is no actual shortage of houses seems to be gaining, if not traction, then at least suppo...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Who benefits from neighbourhoods designated as conservation areas?

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Homeowners and people nearby benefit, though the implications for society are less clear, writes Gabriel Ahlfeldt Opinions on conservati...
Monday, 12 March 2018

Empty homes, longer commutes: the unintended consequences of more restrictive local planning

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Posted by Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber, and Hans Koster We have argued for a very long time that the fundamental problem with housing ...