Kane Emerson
@KaneEmerson
Head of housing research @YIMBYAlliance 🏡 Treasurer @LabourIrish🌹
We’re getting Britain building. Sizewell C has officially been given the green light, with government the main shareholder. Helping deliver clean, homegrown power to millions of homes, supporting thousands of jobs and unlocking growth across the country.
Government now main shareholder in £38bn Sizewell C bbc.in/44ISVM2
As housing becomes more scarce, it becomes more expensive.
Here is (yet another) downward sloping demand curve for housing. When the cost of housing increases, holding income and population constant, demand for housing falls. from @matthewplan.
The appalling scenes in Gaza are unrelenting. The UK will pull every lever we have to get food and lifesaving support to Palestinians, and we will evacuate children who need urgent medical assistance. This humanitarian catastrophe must end.
I visited flats where temperatures in hallways exceeded 35 degrees, even though it was 25 outside. One heavily pregnant resident’s flat was so hot, she’d had to move out This is the story of Britain’s overheating new builds, and it’s going to get worse inews.co.uk/news/its-35c-f…
Great addition to the corpus of British air conditioning studies / screams into the policy void britishprogress.org/articles/air-c…
NEW: Britain is getting hotter — but new homes still can’t have built-in air-conditioning. Outdated building regulations and other rules are costing lives. We can help the vulnerable, and smooth the transition to clean energy:
Did you bring up why Kemi is trying to make our energy bills more expensive? 🙁
Many congratulations to our patron Lord Chris Smith on his election as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. We wish him all the best in his new role!
Lord Chris Smith has been elected as the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Lord Smith said “To be elected as Chancellor of the University I love is a huge honour. I’m thrilled." Read more about Lord Smith and the Chancellor election 👉 cam.ac.uk/news/new-chanc…
As a recess treat, I wrote about the week where the Labour Party lost two Chrises, and what it means for the ongoing discourse on growth, planning and Labour YIMBYism. renewal.org.uk/blog/the-chris…
Like an arsonist asking where the fire extinguisher is located.
Glad there is a Conservative YIMBY group now, and I wish them well. But in order to succeed, they would have to turn the party into pretty much the opposite of what it currently is. Which seems ambitious.
Hang in there, Kemi!
Kein Badenoch seems like EXACTLY the sort of person who ‘journals’ her ‘positive affirmations’.
Badenoch the Blocker 🚫
Strategising the #buildbabybuild revolution this morning with @KemiBadenoch Enjoy the @consyimby 🧢
For generations, the ceramics industry has provided skilled jobs and supported working class communities across Stoke-on-Trent. It's now under threat from rocketing energy costs and unfair competition with cheap imports. We need action on energy bills to save the Potteries.
Lots of ire over Gary's Economics on the TL but very little substantive critique. He should be judged on his content, so I'll take a look at it. On his YT channel, Gary has released multiple videos and shorts about housing issue in the UK. I’ve summarised some of the main…
This guy was arrested in December 2020 and now won’t be tried until 2027. Seems like a functional justice system to me.
BREAKING: New date set for Joe Anderson bribery trial liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…