“Today we’re announcing funding for the biggest council housebuilding comeback in decades”
@andyburnham.bsky.social
@andyburnham.bsky.social
August 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“Today we’re announcing funding for the biggest council housebuilding comeback in decades”
@andyburnham.bsky.social
@andyburnham.bsky.social
The media over-report opposition to housebuilding
February 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The media over-report opposition to housebuilding
Does he think the political challenges to mass housebuilding are all just green ink and meddling bureaucrats? And does he think those backing housebuilding - Yimby activists/lobbyists, housing developers, pro-deregulation think tanks - are somehow *not* stakeholders?
This is his grand theory?
This is his grand theory?
January 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Does he think the political challenges to mass housebuilding are all just green ink and meddling bureaucrats? And does he think those backing housebuilding - Yimby activists/lobbyists, housing developers, pro-deregulation think tanks - are somehow *not* stakeholders?
This is his grand theory?
This is his grand theory?
Burnham starting confidently on housing with big themes from his Manchester years: bad landlords (as mayor he introduced a good landlord charter), suspending right to buy on newbuilds, as well as housebuilding & leasehold reform. Now onto water...
September 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Burnham starting confidently on housing with big themes from his Manchester years: bad landlords (as mayor he introduced a good landlord charter), suspending right to buy on newbuilds, as well as housebuilding & leasehold reform. Now onto water...
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Well this is utterly depressing
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding
A perfect storm of policy and regulatory headwinds has slowed new construction to a trickle
giftarticle.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Well this is utterly depressing
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Developers are sitting on land to boost profits. This is a crisis that's holding up housebuilding. Ripping up nature protections won't solve this problem.
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Developers are sitting on land to boost profits. This is a crisis that's holding up housebuilding. Ripping up nature protections won't solve this problem.
Burnham set to revive Help to Buy scheme in bid to boost housebuilding ft.trib.al/tujknTl
Burnham set to revive Help to Buy scheme in bid to boost housebuilding
Concern mounts among ministers that low construction activity could hit growth forecasts
ft.trib.al
September 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Burnham set to revive Help to Buy scheme in bid to boost housebuilding ft.trib.al/tujknTl
Steel tariffs will delay housebuilding, warns UK construction industry ft.trib.al/I5fZjKx
Steel tariffs will delay housebuilding, warns UK construction industry
Changes risk causing ‘significant’ shortage in key products, argues trade body
ft.trib.al
June 8, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Steel tariffs will delay housebuilding, warns UK construction industry ft.trib.al/I5fZjKx
Keir Starmer claimed housebuilding in Scotland had 'ground to a halt'.
A news agency fact-checked him ⬇️
A news agency fact-checked him ⬇️
Fact check: Does Keir Starmer's criticism of housebuilding in Scotland stand up?
KEIR Starmer has been called out for claiming housebuilding has “ground to a halt” in Scotland at Prime Minister’s Questions.
www.thenational.scot
December 12, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Keir Starmer claimed housebuilding in Scotland had 'ground to a halt'.
A news agency fact-checked him ⬇️
A news agency fact-checked him ⬇️
Not fair. I think you'll find he was single-handedly responsible for three housebuilding projects in the construction sector.
Wolf has little impact on the national economy, say researchers www.dutchnews.nl?p=268424
Wolf has little impact on the national economy, say researchers
www.dutchnews.nl
May 30, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Not fair. I think you'll find he was single-handedly responsible for three housebuilding projects in the construction sector.
The @ONS data today illustrates why more housebuilding is so desperately needed www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
December 9, 2024 at 9:56 AM
The @ONS data today illustrates why more housebuilding is so desperately needed www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Labour is to strip environmental quangos of their power to delay major housebuilding and infrastructure developments.
Regulators will no longer be able to demand that developers mitigate the environmental damage caused by new buildings before construction can start
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Regulators will no longer be able to demand that developers mitigate the environmental damage caused by new buildings before construction can start
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour strips environmental quangos of powers to delay housebuilding
The removal of powers to delay developments will help up to 150 major road, rail and energy projects, the government claims
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Labour is to strip environmental quangos of their power to delay major housebuilding and infrastructure developments.
Regulators will no longer be able to demand that developers mitigate the environmental damage caused by new buildings before construction can start
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Regulators will no longer be able to demand that developers mitigate the environmental damage caused by new buildings before construction can start
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Delighted to be able to release the data from the @centreforcities.bsky.social Restarting Housebuilding series on GitHub today. We are making the most comprehensive dataset that exists on housebuilding at the local level in England since 1946 available for wider use. github.com/CentreforCit...
GitHub - CentreforCities/local_housebuilding_1946_2022: Local authority housebuilding data 1946-2022, digitised in 2024 by Centre for Cities
Local authority housebuilding data 1946-2022, digitised in 2024 by Centre for Cities - GitHub - CentreforCities/local_housebuilding_1946_2022: Local authority housebuilding data 1946-2022, digitis...
github.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Delighted to be able to release the data from the @centreforcities.bsky.social Restarting Housebuilding series on GitHub today. We are making the most comprehensive dataset that exists on housebuilding at the local level in England since 1946 available for wider use. github.com/CentreforCit...
One for those of us who believe finance is the main driver of housebuilding, not planning rules
New housebuilding figures have been published today - including from the 2025-26 year. They're not where they should be, but have turned the downwards trend upwards.
September 24, 2026 at 10:11 AM
One for those of us who believe finance is the main driver of housebuilding, not planning rules
I’m excited to work with our new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham.
His plans for greater devolution will help our city to boost housebuilding and deliver even more council homes, which we’ve made a top priority at City Hall.
His plans for greater devolution will help our city to boost housebuilding and deliver even more council homes, which we’ve made a top priority at City Hall.
July 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I’m excited to work with our new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham.
His plans for greater devolution will help our city to boost housebuilding and deliver even more council homes, which we’ve made a top priority at City Hall.
His plans for greater devolution will help our city to boost housebuilding and deliver even more council homes, which we’ve made a top priority at City Hall.
Yes to council housebuilding. We might once again get affordable rents AND decent design standards.
The best way to save billions from the benefits system?
Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham
July 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Yes to council housebuilding. We might once again get affordable rents AND decent design standards.
Installing bannisters on stairways will slow housebuilders' housebuilding. It will also slow the descent of homeowners who fall down their stairs, which is rather the point.
Installing solar panels on all new homes will slow housebuilding, industry warns
Ministers consult on plans to require almost all new properties to have rooftop renewables
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Installing bannisters on stairways will slow housebuilders' housebuilding. It will also slow the descent of homeowners who fall down their stairs, which is rather the point.
Excellent analysis of why housebuilding is grinding to a halt in London here. With an important challenge to those who want to focus only on social housing.
August 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Excellent analysis of why housebuilding is grinding to a halt in London here. With an important challenge to those who want to focus only on social housing.
Vistry is the laggard in a housebuilding sector full of cracks | Nils Pratley
Vistry is the laggard in a housebuilding sector full of cracks | Nils Pratley
Group shrinks ambitions from 20,000 to just 12,000 homes a year in an attempt to balance the books
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Vistry is the laggard in a housebuilding sector full of cracks | Nils Pratley
Relatedly it just blows my mind that “the private sector in the 1930s to the 1970s” and “the state in the 1950s to 1980s” just absolutely nailed good housebuilding and then just went “well, that’s over now”.
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Relatedly it just blows my mind that “the private sector in the 1930s to the 1970s” and “the state in the 1950s to 1980s” just absolutely nailed good housebuilding and then just went “well, that’s over now”.
Labour buys back 36,000 defence houses which the Conservatives privatised and will invest £9 billion to upgrade them
Labour to also fast track housebuilding on defence land, building houses for defence, veterans, and the public
Labour to also fast track housebuilding on defence land, building houses for defence, veterans, and the public
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Labour buys back 36,000 defence houses which the Conservatives privatised and will invest £9 billion to upgrade them
Labour to also fast track housebuilding on defence land, building houses for defence, veterans, and the public
Labour to also fast track housebuilding on defence land, building houses for defence, veterans, and the public
*28,000 retweets* for a totally fabricated and racist post by a verified user falsely claiming Sadiq Khan has announced a housebuilding plan for Muslims only.
Musk has created a dedicated industry for spreading and monetising racism
Musk has created a dedicated industry for spreading and monetising racism
March 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
*28,000 retweets* for a totally fabricated and racist post by a verified user falsely claiming Sadiq Khan has announced a housebuilding plan for Muslims only.
Musk has created a dedicated industry for spreading and monetising racism
Musk has created a dedicated industry for spreading and monetising racism
A new era of housebuilding for London.
City Hall is taking inspiration from Singapore’s world-class housing model, investing directly in thousands of new high-quality, affordable homes in East London.
City Hall is taking inspiration from Singapore’s world-class housing model, investing directly in thousands of new high-quality, affordable homes in East London.
June 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
A new era of housebuilding for London.
City Hall is taking inspiration from Singapore’s world-class housing model, investing directly in thousands of new high-quality, affordable homes in East London.
City Hall is taking inspiration from Singapore’s world-class housing model, investing directly in thousands of new high-quality, affordable homes in East London.
Building the social and affordable homes Londoners need is a top priority.
I'm taking tough decisions to get them built, including working closely with the Government to finalise a temporary emergency package which will unlock stalled sites across London.
I'm taking tough decisions to get them built, including working closely with the Government to finalise a temporary emergency package which will unlock stalled sites across London.
Emergency action to kickstart London housebuilding
The Housing Secretary and Mayor of London have confirmed emergency measures today to accelerate housebuilding in the capital.
www.gov.uk
March 25, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Building the social and affordable homes Londoners need is a top priority.
I'm taking tough decisions to get them built, including working closely with the Government to finalise a temporary emergency package which will unlock stalled sites across London.
I'm taking tough decisions to get them built, including working closely with the Government to finalise a temporary emergency package which will unlock stalled sites across London.