Thomas Neumark Articles

Today is #housingday, an initiative to celebrate the positive impact social housing has on thousands of people across the United Kingdom. People who live and work in social housing will be sharing good news stories about the difference that having a decent, affordable...

David Cameron's speech to the Conservative party conference has been hailed as ‘good politics but bad policy’. The risk is that Labour's response will be good policy but bad politics. In his speech Cameron promised to make it easier for people to buy their home. He...

The government’s housing bill is a mess. It makes promises that it will not be able to deliver and shows a complete lack of understanding for how the English housing market works. In this sense, it is nothing new. Part of the problem is that housing policy in England...

We do not build enough houses in Britain. This leads to all kinds of problems like overcrowding, homelessness and young people living with their parents until, well until they are not really young people any more. The Conservatives have been completely ineffective at...