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This The Hoover Institution, Stanford University book review on the US housing / real estate market is one of the best analysis of what most will agree is the biggest impediment to greater American growth and prosperity: a well functioning, market-based housing sector. 💯 (Our Latham & Watkins teams are top 🔝 of the real estate game - https://lnkd.in/gdC9kDnV. 💪) Even if one doesn’t exactly agree with the solutions noted, the fact that most of the obstacles are self-inflicted and political should create an opening for fueling greater economic growth. 🇺🇸 + 🏡 + 👷🏾 + ⚖️ + 🤝 = 🚀! https://lnkd.in/gX73KAR5

Hurdles faced by housing industry must be reduced! Famed theoretical physicist Albert Einstein once quipped, “You never fail until you stop trying.” Hopefully, policymakers and various levels of government will embrace the axiom and continue to brainstorm and work on fixes to the current housing supply and affordability crisis. #paullangcoldwellbankerrmr #yourconnectiontonorthumberland #cobourgrealestate #quinterealestate #porthoperealestate #cohoperealestate

Reflecting from the future: The Institute of Economic Affairs - London's visionary report details how Britain addressed its critical housing shortage by 2035. This scenario-based analysis explores transformative YIMBY policies and strategic developments that spurred economic growth and reduced political polarisation. A fascinating glimpse into potential futures of housing policy reform.

📢 Very excited to announce that my paper “Investment incentives of rent control and gentrification – Evidence from German micro data” which is joint work with Valeriya Dinger is published in Real Estate Economics, the official journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. The paper in a nutshell: 🏘 We document a limited effectiveness of German rent control in achieving rental housing affordability 💡Reasons: Rent control: 🔹 reduces housing supply by suppressing the yield of regulated rental objects 🔹 leads to relatively high yields of exempt objects 🔹 reinforces gentrification in tight housing markets 📚 Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/eDutUyxP #affordability #rentcontrol #housing #AREUEA

And now….: mandatory housing targets are being published. I still think we need a coherent national housing strategy - but the emerging statements and policy positions appear to be pointing in that direction. The main issue to be addressed will be devolution, transfer of powers, and how responsibility for delivery will be a localised concern, and not a national one. Here’s the link: https://lnkd.in/evY-QwTW

#Housing policy intersects with various aspects of society, including economics, social justice, health, and the environment. Therefore, it's crucial for policymakers to develop and implement effective housing policies that address these multifaceted issues and contribute to the overall #wellbeing of individuals and communities. On 20 June join the discussion and: ✅ Discover best practices across 35 countries ✅ Learn from what works and what does not Make the best of your lunch break, register for free: https://lnkd.in/dcVtpcHB Iwona Karwot, PhD Frans Van Dongen Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties Kees Dol Rigo Research en Advies B.V. Miranda Lovell-Prescod Paolo Giovanetti Björn Hölbling Maastricht University Housing Europe European Network for Housing Research European Affordable Housing Consortium, SHAPE-EU Housing Studies Association European Federation for Living (EFL) Co-operative Housing International Marja Elsinga University of Amsterdam ICTU

#Housing policy intersects with various aspects of society, including economics, social justice, health, and the environment. Therefore, it's crucial for policymakers to develop and implement effective housing policies that address these multifaceted issues and contribute to the overall well-being of individuals and communities. On 20 June join the discussion and: ✅ Discover best practices across 35 countries ✅ Learn from what works and what does not Make the best of your lunch break, register for free: https://lnkd.in/dcVtpcHB Iwona Karwot, PhD Frans Van Dongen Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties Kees Dol Rigo Research en Advies B.V. Miranda Lovell-Prescod Paolo Giovanetti Björn Hölbling Maastricht University Housing Europe European Network for Housing Research European Affordable Housing Consortium, SHAPE-EU Housing Studies Association European Federation for Living (EFL) Co-operative Housing International Marja Elsinga University of Amsterdam

The 2024 UK Housing Review — the annual UK housing 'bible' published by the Chartered Institute of Housing and the University of Glasgow — launched at the House of Lords today, where Lord Richard Best urged all political parties to engage and utilise the publication. Lord Best says: "Every year the UK Housing Review brings us all up to speed with the hard evidence and clear analysis that should — but seldom does — inform all housing policy decisions. The Review shows us where we have come from and points us to where we are heading. This is invaluable at any time but especially now when the Political Parties are busy writing their manifestos." Attendees at the event were treated to an overview of some of the chapters from Review authors, including Glen Bramley discussing his chapter on a new assessment of housing need in England and options for meeting it, who argued: "Can we afford to build 80-90,000 social rented homes each year? Yes, with rigorous, consistent application of the established planning obligations system, most of that can be paid for from the surpluses generated from market development." CIH Chief Executive Gavin Smart says: "This year’s UK Housing Review is published at a crucial time: never has the need for more housing investment and a strategic approach to housing policy been as great. I urge all political parties to engage with the wealth of information and analysis available in the UK Housing Review series." More details on the 2024 UK Housing Review here: https://lnkd.in/e7VMVM47 #housing #housingreview #housingpolicy #socialhousing #politicalparties

Last Friday, MBA and the other housing trade groups that make up the Housing Solutions Coalition sent the following press statement in response to President Joe Biden’s mention of capping rents during last Thursday night’s presidential debate: “Decades of academic research from across the United States and around the world clearly show that rent caps – more commonly known as rent control – reduce the supply of available housing and fail to target those renters who need help the most while simultaneously harming other residents and the communities they reside in. Despite President Biden’s mention of rent caps during the debate, he and his policy experts know that the real reason so many Americans struggle with housing costs is because we need to build more housing. There is no debate. Rent caps hurt renters and communities.” Why it matters: Rent control is a failed housing policy that limits housing supply and harms both the large-scale and small-scale housing market broadly. The MBA has pushed back vehemently against federal and state rent control proposals that have popped up with increased frequency in recent years. #multifamily #housing #affordability #rentcontrol #rentcapsmakelesshousing

This is a great start to the data collection in Cornwall. Hopefully with all the data we collect from statutory registration for short term rentals (and hopefully a new stream of income for Cornwall Council to invest in social housing/housing issues) we will finally be able to get a grip on what is going on in the Cornwall property market. Well done guys! #cornwall #property #socialhousing #housingcrisis