So before I go further, let me state that I want to see lots of new social and genuinely affordable housing built as part of a massive programme to solve the worst housing crisis of any wealthy country.
As soon as anyone challenges the policy, the government brands them a nimby – another of the crude truncations that pass for debate on this issue: nimbys versus yimbys.
Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more.
I’ve been making similar calls for years, not least in the report I co-authored for the Labour party in 2019: Land for the Many.
Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes.
