The UK doesn’t have a national housing crisis, but there is a housing crisis in our most unaffordable cities. Our work offers ideas on how national and local leaders can get homes built where demand is highest.
What's the relationship between urban economies and housing wealth in England and Wales?
The private rented sector needs reform, but history, and economics tell us that rent controls do not work
What changes are needed to get more housing built where it is needed?
Politicians and campaigners from across the political spectrum are coming together to push for changes to green belt policies
The Government’s revised planning rulebook focuses too much on rural areas, and not enough on cities
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This report uses new data to examine which neighbourhoods within cities are building the most and the least new homes and explores what this means for policy making.
The near-total ban on housebuilding in the Green Belt forces homes to be built in less suitable locations such as flood plains.
Space standards force people to consume more space than they can afford and reduce the supply of new homes.
London's acute housing shortage is an exceptional circumstance. To resolve the housing crisis, Centre for Cities and London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) urge the new government to work with the mayor and other stakeholders in London to carry out an honest review of the green belt.
Sao Paulo University’s Professor Raquel Rolnik joins Andrew Carter to discuss her book, Urban Warfare: Housing Under the Empire of Finance. Using examples from across the globe, she...
If politicians want to make Britain a more prosperous and productive place to live then improving the economic performance of cities needs to be central to the next government’s plan.
Use the database to find the amount of land around commuter stations that could support residential development in five UK cities.
What is the relationship between housing and cities? Ahead of the General Election, Andrew Carter, chief executive of Centre for Cities, explores the policies and problems.
What is the best way to boost the economy and make the whole country more prosperous?
