Musings on the house price to earnings dataset 2022
Roisin Murphy once sang the somewhat confusing lyrics ‘Never ever enough, it's never enough, is it ever enough when it's just enough?’ back in the heady days of 2001/2...
Will we have to sacrifice affordable housing to achieve sustainable development?
From a viability perspective, this question could equally be phrased the other way around.
New Permitted Development Rights – Are They The Solution?
On 21st July 2020, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced new and expanded Permitted Development (PD) rights which he argued would deliver much-needed new homes and...
Is the Government’s Latest Initiative Providing Genuinely Affordable Housing?
With the country’s mind firmly fixed on the COVID-19 crisis, other, normally significant issues have had to take a back seat. One such issue are the Government’s...
Affordable Housing, Objector Objectivity
This month I have been motivated to muse about public feedback on affordable housing proposals: before we’ve submitted the application and after it's gone in.
As a...