A mansion tax is gaining traction as a potential fix for housing inequality. Could it actually help, or just create more problems?

#MansionTax #HousingInequality #HousingCrisis #EconomicPolicy #WealthTax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8t70Vu4ZoA

The University of Amsterdam is hiring two PhD students for HOU-EQUAL, a new Vidi project examining how housing systems shape inequality across societies, from macro-level dynamics to household-level outcomes across five countries. €3,059-€3,881 salary. Apply byMay 25.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7453397162400448513-QYX5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABX1Hj8BSKkR7-n2sAHq9d9e6SDvNrCqldg

#urbanism #urbanplanning #housinginequality #housingresearch #phdopportunity

I love articles like this that try to garner sympathy for hard done by landlords: "if I don't get my own way I may have to sell my FOUR homes" - cry me a river!

BBC News - Renters Reform Bill: Warning changes could 'decimate' student market
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65681015 #housingcrisis #HousingInequality #housingforall #costofgreed #costoflivng

OnlineFirst - "Right to toilets? infra-bio-urbanism over human waste, memories, and housing inequality" by Shu-Mei Huang and Lijin Yao:

#speculativeurbanism #toilets #Shanghai #housinginequality

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308518X231166953

#Gentrification by #Fire

The West’s new #climate is exacerbating #HousingInequality in the quintessentially blue state of #California

#ClimateChange & its most extreme consequences are pushing up the price of homes throughout much of the American West, as #fires & #flooding carve into existing #housing stock & restrict the amount of #land suitable for future #building.

#Wildfire #GeographicInequity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/california-fires-home-prices/