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Neal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Probably took about two years for H2B equity loan to be additional (deliver more new build homes than without it)

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Bargain! Great book....

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

The OBR's recent report on investment has this startling chart, but not the data behind it. Do the green lines turn negative in the 1980s due to the New Towns Development Corporations paying off their debts, council house sales under the Right to Buy, or something else? obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...

Bar chart showing public sector net investment in the UK since 1948.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

This. Obsessive parochialism is the mark of the true Londoner. And real Londoners don’t just not get the tube, they don’t even live in places on the tube map. Also, the real divide is not the Thames but the Fleet: west London is basically Buckinghamshire.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? A million pounds of public spending isn’t enough to count as loose change (equivalent to about 1p out of every £12,200).

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

I’ve done a starter pack on economics, data, and a bit of AI. Although the picture below is male dominated it is 50/50. Do let me know of others to include and I might do a second pack go.bsky.app/R5q59tM

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 19/08/2024

Another plug for @transportfornewhomes.org.uk and @transportgood.org. Both no longer posting to the other place.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Bluesky has finally - and suddenly - achieved the critical mass of interesting/smart/informed contributors needed to provide me with my preferred diet of digestible geekery. Thanks Elon!

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

This is beautiful. Almost manages to impose logic on the imperial system of measurements. Almost….

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

People seem to be asking whether there's a UK Housing starter pack, so I have made one up. Do share. And let me know if I've missed people off here (space to add another 15!) go.bsky.app/NRu8tPX

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 13/08/2024

OK, it might just be the former 'legal twitter' crew moving here en bloc and reassembling, but my impression is of a serious shift of (intermittently) serious people to this place over the last few days. Including some deliberately giving up big followings. This is qualitatively new.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

A real honour, if mildly terrifying, to be on The Expert Factor podcast with Paul Johnson and Hannah White - two of my wonk heroes - talking about why our housing system is such a mess. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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‎The Expert Factor: Can the next government fix the housing crisis? on Apple Podcasts

‎Show The Expert Factor, Ep Can the next government fix the housing crisis? - 28 Jun 2024

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

Latest planning stats are miserable... the housebuilding downturn is getting serious. gov.uk/government/s...

Chart showing planning applications and decisions falling sharply since 2021

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... Sad to see them reneging on their own popular and successful policies to improve the environment, health and neighbourhoods.

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ULEZ And LTNs To Be Scrapped Should Tories Win U.K. Election

Tories double down on pro-motoring rhetoric in hope of winning U.K. general election due to be staged on July 4.

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Liz Schiller #DefundthePolice @lizzzs.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Delightful story (and actionable, if you're in the UK) of regular people creating cycling and pedestrian paths using some permitting and bureaucracy loopholes and lots of volunteer labor.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Lovely story from Laura Laker this - the amazing difference that beautiful, safe pathways can make to rural communities. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

Nice piece. The importance of local government is always underplayed in our national story. And I never thought I’d see the words ‘Stockport Municipal Reform Jug’ used together.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

How central heating changed everything about our homes - superb piece by a @britishacademy.bsky.social supported researcher on how architecture can overlook comfort, and the need for new imaginings for green homes of the future on.ft.com/4cp51eW

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How central heating changed everything about our homes

The ability to make our indoor spaces consistently warm transformed how we live — now, climate change demands a similar upheaval

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

This is very well observed. On how economists aren’t always good at recognising how specialised they are

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

A crushed Tesla and George W Bush’s paintings: photos of the day – Thursday www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

You may not like my housing policy-heavy content, but at least I have a cute dog. (This had better work, @columnist.bsky.social)

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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

This is exactly what we need to be doing, right now - for greater housing + transportation affordability, regional livability, food security, wilderness preservation, energy security, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Brilliant, as always, local housing history from @municipaldreams.bsky.social

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Don’t over read this morning’s news that house prices have started rising again (one months data only etc). Overall picture remains one of stagnation, with prices far too high for most people to afford - but not rising enough to spur more market supply. builtplace.com/jrf-reboot/

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Why are rates of housebuilding falling? New analysis for JRF shows how we could reboot the housing industry So what is the solution? Greater support for social housing. Read more: bit.ly/3TcDKop Analysis by me, @resi_analyst.bsky.social and @rosegrayston.bsky.social

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

UK CMA starts a probe into 8 housebuilders in the UK:

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Matthew Spry @mspry.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

How many homes do we need? Analysis by @financialtimes.com shows scale of the challenge. www.ft.com/content/3284...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

HS2: you’ve heard so much about it over the years, but it’s useful to have an overview of the horror story in one short article www.economist.com/britain/2024...

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Great first column! As planning policy promises to be a big political issue over the coming years it’s good to know you’ll be commenting regularly.

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Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

What an incredible chart www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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James Pargeter @jamespargeter.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Excellent. The ladder metaphor also assumes that life’s progress is continuous and only upwards - but flexibility & change (sometimes negative) are increasingly significant. If people are going to rent for longer periods, they need quality, secure and reliable options - at all affordability levels…

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

More Snakes Than Ladders: Steve Hilditch is spot on here, it’s time to retire the dishonest and unhelpful metaphor of ‘the housing ladder’. redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/01/more...

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t know she had been so completely exonerated.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

My piece in The New Statesman calling for Local Housing Allowance to be relinked to actual rent levels. t.co/zO0tFTd3rP

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Rose Grayston @rosegrayston.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Excited to talk about planning reform with a brilliant panel at tomorrow's #housingconference - no, I really am! How can the system deliver more #AffordableHousing? How can we improve Section 106? How can we build sustainable places - not just units?

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Ben Castell @bencastell.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Good to hear @tobylloyd.bsky.social on Newsnight calling for MORE planning to solve the housing crisis, not less. “State stepping forward”. Talks about balancing national interest with local interest.

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Neal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

DLUHC report net additional dwellings of 234,397 across England in 2022-23. Almost exactly the same as previous year and as expected. Majority of this was new build completions at 212,568 homes.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

100% this! I first encountered @bengoldacre in a soggy corner of a festival giving a hilarious talk about his antics exposing pseudo science frauds - and here he is literally saving lives and the NHS millions with the same flare and brilliance. Total hero.

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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Genuinely good news that the Local Housing Allowance has finally been unfrozen, and linked back to the 30th percentile of local rents.

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 15/10/2023

There are a lot of people who know more about housing in the UK than me Toby Lloyd knows the mostest Article www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c53d...

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Why building on the green belt is a good idea

Keir Starmer is right. It’s time we create homes on England’s most hallowed land, says Toby Lloyd

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

"In 2006, a Gallup poll found that Britain and America had the highest levels of confidence in their respective governments among G7 countries; by 2022, they had the lowest"- on.ft.com/47hXiwe Via @jemima.bsky.social

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Politician or celebrity? Who knows any more?

Britain and America do personality politics differently but neither path is a sign of health

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