by Kane Emerson | Dec 18, 2025 | Housing Research
A map of rent per square metre for renters in England and Wales If you rent, you probably don’t think in square metres. You think about how many bedrooms and space you can actually get for your monthly budget. Take £1,500 a month. In parts of the North East or Wales,...
by Kane Emerson | Oct 7, 2024 | Housing Research
Social homes are a crucial component of the UK’s housing mix. They are a vital tool in addressing the housing crisis and ensuring everyone can have a safe place to live. There are over 1.2 million people on local authority housing waiting lists, and many more who...
by Kane Emerson | Sep 15, 2024 | Housing Research
UK housing is at a crisis point. Skyrocketing costs, inadequate supply, and misaligned incentives have created a perfect storm that impacts every aspect of our society – from individual aspiration to national economic growth. The Government has won a...
by Kane Emerson | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Kane Emerson writing in Red Brick Blog A new generation of New Towns – tree-lined and with character rooted in local history! Angela Rayner outlined Labour’s ambitions at a UK housing conference in Leeds yesterday. The announcement adds more detail to the...
by Kane Emerson | May 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
This piece was first published in the Fabian member policy group report “Homes for London” Introduction The Labour Party has a proud history of building council homes. A century ago, during Labour’s first Government under Ramsay MacDonald, housing defined...
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