Lets Rethink Housing: Surely we can do something now? Without new laws?
Say we’ve agreed on a better housing system.

The laws are coming.
The machinery is spinning up.

But while we’re waiting…
surely we can start doing something?

#RethinkHousing #UKHousing #PolicyMaking #HomesNotAssets

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/lets-rethink-housing-surely-we-can-do-something-now-without-new-laws/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Lets Rethink Housing: Right — so what would this actually look like in practice?
We’ve talked about incentives.

So what would a real alternative actually look like?

Not theory.
Not slogans.
Just something that could work.

#UKHousing #RethinkHousing #HomesNotAssets #PublicPolicy

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/lets-rethink-housing-right-so-what-would-this-actually-look-like-in-practice/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Housing shortages don’t happen forever without someone benefiting.

The uncomfortable question is who — and why that makes change so hard.

#HomesNotAssets #UKHousingCrisis #RethinkHousing #Housing #UKLife #Politics #Economics #CostOfLiving

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/lets-rethink-housing-so-who-actually-benefits-when-we-dont-have-enough-housing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

We didn’t set out to speculate on housing.

We wanted somewhere to live. Somewhere for our family.

So when did homes start feeling like something to bet on?

#UKHousing #HomesNotAssets #HousingCrisis #RethinkHousing

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/lets-rethink-housing-should-habitation-be-linked-with-speculation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Vacant land. Long waiting lists. Rising prices.

Maybe the question isn’t why isn’t anyone building?

Maybe it’s why waiting has become the sensible choice.

#UKHousing #HousingCrisis #HomesNotAssets #RethinkHousing

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/lets-rethink-housing-why-do-builders-and-investors-seem-to-be-dragging-their-feet/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

We didn’t vote on it.
We didn’t announce it.

But somewhere along the way, homes became investments.

Let’s rewind and ask when that actually happened.

#UKPolitics #HousingPolicy #HomesNotAssets #RethinkHousing

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/lets-rethink-housing-when-did-we-stop-treating-a-house-as-a-home/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Starmer's Tory-like-not-Labour failing once again to take the opportunity now to address systemic rented housing problems. Yes, there are improvements but there's not even a hint of a fix.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/05/02/labour-starmers-renters-rights-bill-rents/

#UKpol #housing #RentersRights #HomesNotAssets #ParasiteLandlords

“The political power of landowners, big & small, is why the longstanding arguments of great economists have been ignored for so long.”

Martin Wolf explains why we need stand up to vested interests and tax land fairly

We agree.

Our report "Banking on Property" argues that a land value tax would help stop people buying land & property just to make money.

This would help make our housing system fairer for everyone 👇

#HomesNotAssets #housing #housingcrisis #money

https://www.ft.com/content/fadfbd9e-29ca-4d53-b69a-2497cc3ed95d