Rent controls have been tried, tested, and have failed in numerous European cities. Yet the Mayor of London is campaigning … Continue reading “Rent controls have failed in cities throughout Europe”

On Monday, Jacob Rees-Mogg and I released Raising the Roof: How to solve the United Kingdom’s housing crisis. This new … Continue reading “Britain’s housing crisis is uniquely severe – but it is solvable”

This article was first published under the title “Danke, Schweiz” in the Basler Zeitung, a Swiss daily newspaper. Translation by … Continue reading “What have the Swiss ever done for us?”

During the 2015 General Election, Ed Miliband’s flagship pledge to cap energy prices was derided by conservatives as a deranged … Continue reading “Let the market fix the housing problem”

Pope Francis likes to talk about how we have created an “economy of exclusion.” For example, in his apostolic exhortation Evangelii … Continue reading “High housing costs are the single biggest driver of poverty in the UK”

I should not have let my optimistic side get the better of me. 2016 may be behind us, but its … Continue reading “Optimism Dashed: Reality of housing white paper is all politics, no economics”

Many politicians use the UK’s cost of living crisis as a talking point, but Javid’s blueprint for a new housing policy … Continue reading “A tentative, preliminary cheer for the Housing White Paper”

Most of the time, the role of think tanks is to engage in holistic, ‘big picture’ thinking. Think tank work … Continue reading “Cameron’s housing speech: terrible economics, but not even good politics”

In August, BBC News launched an online calculator which enabled people to work out whether their house was earning more … Continue reading “Liberating the housing market through fiscal decentralisation”