Aedán Smith
@aedansmith.bsky.social
Nature. Cycling. St.Johnstone. And some other stuff. Head of Policy; Trustee @ Scottish Environment LINK; Trustee @ Environmental Rights Centre. Posts here are mine alone.
Reposted by Aedán Smith
Tl:dr - We obviously need to build more (tho public need convincing that will lower prices) but pitting housing vs nature is surest way to erode support for housing. Instead a focus on protecting nature and integrating green spaces likely to go down better. www.ft.com/content/f456...
Pitting Nimbys against Yimbys is a bad idea
Popular political assumptions misread the public by attacking nature as the block to building more housing
www.ft.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Tl:dr - We obviously need to build more (tho public need convincing that will lower prices) but pitting housing vs nature is surest way to erode support for housing. Instead a focus on protecting nature and integrating green spaces likely to go down better. www.ft.com/content/f456...