Specialist in public sector policy development with a special interest in UK Housing policy. Author of forthcoming book 'Bricking it' with Bristol University Press. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/bricking-it
Drawing on rigorous research and policy analysis, it offers a compelling case for a radical break with the status quo - and a return to housing as a public good.
April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Drawing on rigorous research and policy analysis, it offers a compelling case for a radical break with the status quo - and a return to housing as a public good.
Rejecting simplistic narratives about supply & demand, Bricking It interrogates the incentives, institutions & ideologies that have shaped the UK's housing landscape - from planning & land values to welfare policy, local government finance & the role of volume housebuilders.
April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Rejecting simplistic narratives about supply & demand, Bricking It interrogates the incentives, institutions & ideologies that have shaped the UK's housing landscape - from planning & land values to welfare policy, local government finance & the role of volume housebuilders.
Tracing the historical arc from post-war housebuilding to the era of Right to Buy, deregulation & austerity, the book exposes how decades of policy failure have led to a chronic shortage of social housing, worsening conditions in the PRS & deepening regional inequalities.
April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Tracing the historical arc from post-war housebuilding to the era of Right to Buy, deregulation & austerity, the book exposes how decades of policy failure have led to a chronic shortage of social housing, worsening conditions in the PRS & deepening regional inequalities.
Bricking It is a forensic analysis of Britain's housing crisis, examining the structural and political decisions that have produced today's system of unaffordable, insecure and inadequate housing.
April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Bricking It is a forensic analysis of Britain's housing crisis, examining the structural and political decisions that have produced today's system of unaffordable, insecure and inadequate housing.