Housing After Housing

It's the housing, stupid.
SHIMBY. Social Housing In My Backyard.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Irish politicians are still denying the russian refinery is fuelling the Kremlins war.

Well it is. Here’s how 👇

[Mike Fellman @MikeFellman]

@WillPFischer

[Action on Empty Homes @emptyhomes @emptyhomes]

“The places building most housing have mysteriously produced the highest vacancy” says Chris Bailey of the charity Action on Empty Homes, “We’re building the wrong housing, it’s that simple. Towers of luxury apartments don’t house poor or homeless people.” https://t.co/PVjbkGURsG

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

Europe’s door should not be open to Russia’s (ex-)combatants.

We will introduce a comprehensive visa ban for (ex-)combatants of the Russian armed forces and its proxy groups.

[Nicolas Šustr @NicolasSustr]

25 bis 41 Milliarden Euro würde nach aktuellen Preisen der planmäßige Neubau von Wohnungsleerstand in Berlin kosten, folgte man dem Patentrezept „Bauen, Bauen, Bauen“ von CDU und SPD gegen die Mietenkrise in Berlin. 🧵1/5

[Nico Lange @nicolange_]

Positionen wie die von Klaus von Dohnanyi liefern keine Analysen und beruhen nicht auf der tatsächlichen Lage sondern drücken kollektive deutsche Gefühlslagen aus, die tief in der politischen Kultur der Bundesrepublik verankert sind: Es geht um Angst vor Eskalation, Sehnsucht nach Stabilität, Überforderung durch geopolitische Komplexität, Misstrauen gegenüber Machtpolitik und einen Wunsch nach moralischer Entlastung. (“Beide Seiten sind Schuld.”) Diese Aussagen bedienen emotionale Resonanzräume und sind deshalb für sachliche Argumentationen kaum offen. Putin profitiert leider von der emotionalen Rückwärtsgewandtheit und nutzt sie gezielt aus.

[Conor Gallagher @ConorGallaghe_r]

Micheál Martin said yesterday sanctioning Aughinish would hurt Europe more then it hurts Russia.

However new figures obtained by The Irish Times show that this year 83% (200,619 tonnes) of alumina exports went to Russia.

The amount exported he EU was 149 tonnes (0.6%)

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Every day, ships leave this russian owned factory in Ireland straight for St Petersburg carrying thousands of tonnes of raw alumina for the war machine.

There’s corruption everywhere. Locals tell me politicians are bought by oligarchs.

Ireland is no longer militarily neutral.

[Jay @JibbaJabb]

Housebuilders

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Fran Lebowitz on the billionaires: “Every time someone suggests [a wealth tax] they say I’m moving. Go! They add nothing to New York. In the 19th century, those robber barons, they employed people. All this money magic employs no one. Goodbye, go. We don’t need you”

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Unia Europejska jest niedoskonała, irytująca, nudna, ale niczego lepszego w naszej historii nie wymyśliliśmy. Czas pokoju, dobrobytu, wolności, demokracji i solidarności między narodami przez wieki walczącymi ze sobą to cud. Niech trwa jak najdłużej.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

Property taxes make housing more affordable!

[Moving Home with Charlie @moving_charlie]

These are close to where I live in London.

Available? Yes (no shortage).

Affordable? No. Not to buy, or to live in.

Building more private homes doesn't fix the problem.

[Moving Home with Charlie @moving_charlie]

Overvalued, overpriced, missed the market.

Until sellers learn this lesson they will keep losing money.

[Cameron Murray @DrCameronMurray]

Re: Rent control

Many will say “We can’t set prices in the economy by bureaucratic rule. What about the misallocation that will occur?”

And then in the next breath “The best way to set the price of money (interest rate) is to have bureaucrats decide its price”

[Voltarian @philositect]

It needs to be made clear that land value is created by the whole community. Take away the community and land value disappears. It follows that a land value tax is a just return to the community as a whole for the value it creates by its mere existence.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

an economist explains how rent control is actually fine and good
https://t.co/ha1VB6M1k0

[Housing After Housing @AfterHousing]

"Affordability not shortage behind housing crisis"

https://t.co/R7adKcI6eO

[London Money @LondonMoneyFS]

And ?

They increased back in the 1990s

The base rate is not for the benefit of individual borrowers

They had 15 years of 1% rates / if they didn’t make use of that then that’s on the the landlords not Rachel Reeves

[Jay @JibbaJabb]

According to @emptyhomes London has the highest number of empty homes (161,116) followed by the South East (155,579) and North West (137,158).