KANE EMERSOM
Head of Housing Research
Kane Emerson is head of housing research at YIMBY Alliance. As a political activist and organiser, Kane has heard about poor housing conditions and overcrowding on hundreds of doorsteps across the country. Kane is also a school governor, chair of his estate’s residents’ association and treasurer of the Labour Party Irish Society.
Publications
New Towns for a New Britain: Where Britain’s next new town should be
UK Day One
Covered in Sky, ITV and the Telegraph.
The Promise of New Towns
Fast wins on planning for housing
Fast wins for new homes: how Labour can champion infill development
Media
- LBC on Nutrient Nutriality
- UK Sustainable Investment and Finance podcast on green housing
- ITV News at 6 on new towns
Latest Blogs
Reform planning to build more social homes
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...
New Report: the Urgent Need to Build More Homes
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 landslide...
East-West Rail: new New Towns
‘Then, as the millennium was dawning, a miracle happened. The government returned every penny that I had paid in taxes over the previous 40 years. So for four decades I had lived tax free – and I had not dodged the taxman! How was this possible? I ‘confessed’ in...