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
Going denser: density and the climate
Britain faces a severe housing crisis in our major cities. From London to Edinburgh, a lack of new homes have driven up rents and house prices to extreme levels. This not only causes immense damage to the environment, human welfare, jobs, growth and public services,...
Where have Camden’s children gone?
Since 2017, children have been disappearing from Camden’s schools. Rolls are down and 52 classes have been removed in primary schools alone. The dwindling pupil numbers have hit school finances, and the Council has been struggling to fill the gap. State schools in...
Yet another summer of overcrowding for families
A childhood summer is the highlight of many of our lives. But it is not so for the hundred of thousands of kids living in overcrowded houses for whom a school day is a welcome break. Across Britain, a harsh reality is hidden quietly behind closed doors: the...