HOUSING: @bethstratford.bsky.social and @jryancollins.bsky.social of @iipp-ucl.bsky.social talk rent controls, a public housing development corporation scaling the supply of social housing, and raising Capital Gains Tax on investment properties to support tenure shift.

Our new @iipp-ucl.bsky.social working paper on environmental breakdown and inflation is out. Collaboration with Katie Kedward, Damon Aitken & David Barmes. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

Environmental Breakdown and Inflation Management

Authored by Josh Ryan-Collins, Damon Aitken, Katie Kedward, and David Barmes

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Investment in the green transition is the best way to defend ourselves from long-term inflationary shocks - and this will ultimately keep the bond markets happy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ed Miliband as chancellor would benefit every part of the UK – and the bond markets | Josh Ryan-Collins

If Andy Burnham promotes the energy secretary, Labour could fully use the benefits of net zero to promote growth and jobs, says Josh Ryan-Collins, professor of economics and finance at UCL

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Good stuff from @jryancollins.bsky.social on the incoherence of the City-Unite anti-Miliband alliance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ed Miliband as chancellor would benefit every part of the UK – and the bond markets | Josh Ryan-Collins

If Andy Burnham promotes the energy secretary, Labour could fully use the benefits of net zero to promote growth and jobs, says Josh Ryan-Collins, professor of economics and finance at UCL

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⌛️ Last chance to register for The London Housing Summit 2026! IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social will be speaking on 'Demand and Distribution for the Homes London Has' at the London Housing Summit 2026, organised by @centreforlondon.bsky.social. 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/7M9dlhk

❗️Change:NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority IIPP Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, and @jryancollins.bsky.social will be speaking at the upcoming Change:NOW! conference on May 30 2026. 🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/TwW22xy @pef-online.bsky.social

Join me next tuesday for this excellent panel on how to make better use of the existing stock in London.

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Our second panel at The London Housing Summit 2026! 🪑@peteapps.bsky.social, Journalist & Author 🎙️Fiona Fletcher-Smith, L&Q 🎙️Michael Parsons, @impurbanhealth.bsky.social 🎙️@jryancollins.bsky.social, @iipp-ucl.bsky.social 🎙️Alicia Walker, @sheltercharity.bsky.social centreforlondon.org/conference/t...

🚀 Rethinking the State returns this June. Join us at the fourth annual UCL IIPP FORUM 2026, 16–17 June in London. 🔗 Learn more and register here buff.ly/fZlA7M2

Join me and a fantastic line up of speakers at the @compassoffice.bsky.social / PEF annual conference on 30th May - tickets below. www.compassonline.org.uk/events/chang...

Change:NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority - Compass

Get your Tickets Last year, Compass brought together 450+ progressive pioneers at ‘Change:HOW? A Decade of Radical Renewal’ to re-orient […]

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If you haven’t seen it already, @jryancollins.bsky.social's article in the Guardian last week is well-worth a read, as it explores why interest rates simply aren’t the right tool for tackling this new inflationary crisis 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interest rates are not the tool to solve the inflation caused by the US’s war with Iran | Josh Ryan-Collins

We’ve been here before with Covid and Ukraine. Making borrowing more expensive won’t work – only price controls, caps and public ownership can do that, says Josh Ryan-Collins, a professor at UCL

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📣 Thrilled that @jryancollins.bsky.social will join our second panel at the London Housing Summit 2026. As a professor at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social & author of 'why can't you afford a home?', he’ll unpack how the housing market drives unequal access to homes. Sign up: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Pressure will be on the @bankofengland.bsky.social tomorrow to stop cutting rates in the face of price rises. But it should learn the right lessons from the Covid/Ukraine inflation - tightening monetary policy is the wrong appraoch to supply-side shocks like this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interest rates are not the tool to solve the inflation caused by the US’s war with Iran | Josh Ryan-Collins

We’ve been here before with Covid and Ukraine. Making borrowing more expensive won’t work – only price controls, caps and public ownership can do that, says Josh Ryan-Collins, a professor at UCL

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The @europarl.europa.eu looks set on tuesday to vote through a report on the EU housing crisis that rejects the idea that financialisation has been a key driver. Read my co-authored letter with @danielagabor.bsky.social arguing aginst the report's findings www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

Letter to the European Parliament's HOUS Committee

Authored by Josh Ryan-Collins and Daniela Gabor

ucl.ac.uk

⏮️ Catch up on our recent #IIPPInConversation event featuring Honorary Senior Research Fellow @drdonalbrown.bsky.social in conversation with IIPP Prof. @jryancollins.bsky.social and @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on a new low-carbon social contract. 📺 Watch the event recording here: buff.ly/fsIX94J

The report misses @jryancollins.bsky.social's key insight: bank credit is highly elastic (limitless), while land is inherently inelastic (scarce). When unlimited bank money meets a fixed supply of land, prices inevitably explode. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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🎤 What would a new 'low carbon social contract' look like? Prof. @jryancollins.bsky.social, @drdonalbrown.bsky.social, and @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social discuss what a new approach and more radical strategy might look like, highlighting the need to depart from the prevailing economic consenses.

🚨New report out today.🚨 If we want fewer families facing homelessness, we need to be honest about what works... and what doesn’t. Our new report looks at the evidence behind housing policy and why social housing is key to ending the housing emergency. 🗝️ Read the full report: shltr.org.uk/ifWuB

Build Up Not Trickle Down Need-Led Housing - Shelter England

The government must adopt a need-led development model that delivers genuinely affordable social homes so everyone has a safe, affordable and secure place home.

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🏠 Could the UK’s low house price growth be a good thing? IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social argues that because wages are rising, the actual cost of housing is falling. Over time, this means housing becomes more affordable. 🔗 Read his interview in the @financialtimes.com: buff.ly/iRVen38

My interview with the housing journalist @peteapps.bsky.social on demand-side drivers of the housing crisis peteapps.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...

Why you can't afford a home: in conversation with Josh Ryan-Collins

This week, we chat to the professor of economics and finance at University College London about how bank lending and wealth driven investment have broken the link between house prices and incomes

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🏠 How and why has housing become unaffordable for so many? IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke with @vickyspratt.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'Housing Britain' Series, elaborating on the drivers of the UK housing crisis. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ECcGroO

Hear my diagnosis of the drivers of the UK housing crisis on this excellent new BBC Radio 4 program led by @vickyspratt.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Housing Britain - The Housing Ladder - BBC Sounds

Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.

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I'll be making the case for wealth taxes tonight for Kings College Politics society debate, along with Vince Cable up against Andrew Lillico and Kristian Niemietz. Bush house auditorium, Strand. Tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/kclpo...

Inflation-targeting (IT) central banks fared no better in controlling the 2021-2023 inflation than non-IT central banks, according new paper from IMF. www.imf.org/en/publicati... We need a new macropolicy framework. WIll be working on this over the next two years with my team @iipp-ucl.bsky.social

Neoliberalism --> populism [from Funke et al (2023) Populist Leaders and the Economy www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... p361]

🔄 Breaking the Housing-Finance Cycle. IIPP Professor of Economics and Finance @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke with Tim Williams on the Grimshaw Cities Podcast about the economics of housing and the drivers of housing crises. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/EOdVKMT

Our second episode from our series ‘Where is Urban Politics?’ is out now: urbanpolitical.online/98-repolitic... Josh Ryan-Collins (@jryancollins.bsky.social) and Dirk Bezemer are talking about Europe’s housing crisis, financialisation, and the urgent need to rethink the politics of home.

In this episode, you will hear: Josh Ryan-Collins (@jryancollins.bsky.social) and Dirk Bezemer, introduced by Marian Counihan and Christian Lamker (@raumplaner.bsky.social) .

The EU parliament is undertaking a major investigation in to the causes of the housing crisis. @danielagabor.bsky.social & myself gave evidence to the parliament on financialisation in July. This was neglected in the draft motion so we've written an open letter. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

Letter to the European Parliament's HOUS Committee

Authored by Josh Ryan-Collins and Daniela Gabor

ucl.ac.uk

Opportunity knocks for Labour at the upcoming budget to commence a fundamental reform of our broken property taxation system. Some thoughts from me in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/comm...

Abolishing stamp duty won’t solve Britain’s housing crisis – but this radical property tax just might | Josh Ryan-Collins

Economists on all sides agree: rather than incremental changes, this deeply unfair market needs a ‘big bang’ moment, says associate professor of economics and finance Josh Ryan-Collins

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