Rob Blackie 🔶

@robblackie

Breaking Putin's censorship. Former London Lib Dem Mayoral candidate.

Brixton, London rob4london.com Joined February 2011

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MyLondon has reported on our research that shows London rents could fall by £251 a month if we hit the national housebuilding target.

This is the single biggest thing we could do to tackle the cost of living crisis.

MyLondon reporting how rents could fall £251 a month if more houses are built.

Map showing how much rents would fall in different parts of London if we hit the national housebuilding targets.

Rob Blackie 🔶 @robblackie Nov 1

The easiest way to tackle the cost of living crisis is to build more housing. Compare two options:

John Healey energy payment = £100 per household

Building enough housing = £3,012 per household in London (see below for other areas)

libdemvoice.org/how-housebuild…

www.libdemvoice.org How housebuilding can tackle the cost of living crisis and boost growth This article draws on “Hitting housebuilding targets would reduce rents by £251 a month” published by the Centre for British Progress, written by Rob Blackie, Tim Leunig and David Lawrence. Andy...

Rob Blackie 🔶 @robblackie Oct 30

In the next few years people's disposable income is projected to fall.

But what if there was a magic way to reverse this, at no cost to the government?

That's exactly what hitting Britain's housebuilding targets would do...

FT article by Tim Leunig & Rob Blackie & the Centre for British Progress team.

OBR projections of disposable income show it falling for the next couple of years.

Rob Blackie 🔶 @robblackie Oct 29

@PrudenceIvey I thought you might find this interesting.

Rob Blackie 🔶 @robblackie Oct 29

Can we make it cheaper to live in London?

Today I’ve published research on how we can cut rents in London - by an average of £251 a month for a two bedroom flat in Lambeth.

How? By meeting England’s housebuilding targets.

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Rob Blackie 🔶 @robblackie Oct 29

Can we make it cheaper to live in London?

Today I’ve published research on how we can cut rents in London - by an average of £251 a month for a two bedroom flat in Lambeth.

How? By meeting England’s housebuilding targets.