Assistant Property Editor at The Times & Sunday Times. Proud #housingnerd and dachshund obsessive. Message me or email me at [email protected]
Melissa York
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Another double act with @melyorktt.bsky.social this time in Money. The government’s local government funding proposals, proper reform or a patch-up job on a broken system?
Either way, the days of very cheap council tax for some London boroughs could be over
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The black hole in local authority finances will be filled by taxpayers, with some regions set for bigger rises than others. Here’s what you need to know
Absolutely key: there are 5m leasehold properties in the UK; what plans are there to get them feeling, costing and operating like commonhold?
Corker of an investigation by @melyorktt.bsky.social into the hundreds of millions of pounds collected by local councils, that they then proceed to do nothing with
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London’s luxury empty houses: why are so many not lived in?
I investigate with @davidbyers26.bsky.social and it’s FREE TO READ 🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/163e...
Will Rachel Reeves’ £39bn “biggest social and affordable housing investment for 50 years” result in more housing for low income households? And what about the rest of the market? My analysis for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/faf7...
@melyorktt.bsky.social's The Sunday Times article analyses the impact of 45yrs of right-to-buy.
It highlights our UK Housing Review research that shows 50yrs ago 95% of state spending on housing was on building homes & 5% on benefits. By 2022 this reversed to 88% on benefits & 12% on building homes
More than 2mn council homes been sold through right-to-buy, worth £371bn, biggest transfer of public property into private ownership in UK history.
Homes were sold at an average discount of 44%, nearly £194bn in lost value to taxpayers.
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By @melyorktt.bsky.social
Susan J. Smith
Families are facing financial ruin over wrongly applied community infrastructure levy charges, while funds raised from it sit idly in local government accounts
In Notting Hill a serene garden square reveals a startling trend: most houses stand empty. Is it tax changes, market timing or something more sinister?
Forty-five years since council tenants were encouraged to join the ‘property-owning democracy’, has Margaret Thatcher’s flagship scheme backfired? Melissa York meets right-to-buy’s winners and losers
An excellent analysis of today's housing policy announcements by my colleague @melyorktt.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/faf7...
Here's everything we know following yesterday's commonhold white paper. It'll be great to see a reinvigorated legal framework for commonhold but there is still a question mark over where this leaves existing leaseholders
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This is a v funny piece by colleague @melyorktt.bsky.social, but there is a serious point behind it - a huge number of newbuilds simply aren't built for our changing climate and, pretty soon, may be unlivable.
www.thetimes.com/article/49fb...
Melissa York
The paywall is down at @thetimes.com - so why not read a new investigation, by @melyorktt.bsky.social and me, on why so many luxury London homes are languishing empty and unloved... from Belgravia to Notting Hill.
www.thetimes.com/article/163e...
Chartered Institute of Housing
Will Rachel Reeves’s £39 billion plan truly solve Britain’s housing crisis or is it merely a temporary fix? We analyse the chancellor’s pledges
Highly insulated modern apartments save their owners a fortune in energy bills but when the temperature rises, the downside becomes clear. Here’s how to cope
In Notting Hill a serene garden square reveals a startling trend: most houses stand empty. Is it tax changes, market timing or something more sinister?
