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
Melissa York
Melissa York
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.
(£) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
By @melyorktt.bsky.social
Absolutely key: there are 5m leasehold properties in the UK; what plans are there to get them feeling, costing and operating like commonhold?
Chartered Institute of Housing
John Peters
Susan J. Smith
An excellent analysis of today's housing policy announcements by my colleague @melyorktt.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/faf7...
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
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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...
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
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
David Byers
David Byers
David Byers
George Nixon
George Nixon
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?www.thetimes.com
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
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
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
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
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
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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?
www.thetimes.com
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
