My colleague @mauricelange.bsky.social on why @london.gov.uk should intervene to make sure Crews Hill new town goes ahead
www.centreforcities.org/blog/the-lon...
And London has Temporary Accommodation crisis. If there is any hope of getting numbers in TA down, opportunities for land value capture (non-grant funded) social housing simply cannot be passed up.
Down to the Mayor and housing minister to be bold and make sure it happens now
...because these postwar neighbourhoods are much less dense than the places around them
If the big cities are to close the density gap to their international peers, it is these postwar neighbourhoods in particular that will need to densify
I had a lot of fun making the graphics for this one!
As you can see, we identify a clear post-war 'collar' (blues) around the city centres of cities like Manchester and Birmingham
This matters because... (chart below)