@RosaluxLondon. @LDNrentersunion. PhD financialisation of social housing. Formerly housing and land for @nef.
London, England
Joined March 2015
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For anyone who wants to know more about the financialisation of social housing, the rise of Global Corporate Landlords and the emergence of Local Housing Companies, my PhD is now open access online 🤩🥰 etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2943…
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The excerpts in this thread are from my recent report, co-authored w/ @joebeswick1, published by @IIPP_UCL & @NEF, drawing on great work by @IPPR, @genrentuk, @jrf_uk, @Autonomy_Inst, @arunadvaniecon & more – many of whom are also economists! Read it here: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publicati…
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Hi @jreynoldsMP, I’m an economist who's come round to rent controls! Here’s why 🧵:
Markets only work well if:
-buyers & sellers have roughly equal power
-producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity
-buyers can walk away if prices get too high
.@AyoCaesar: "The one thing the govt could do to improve the lives of young people is introduce some rent controls"
@jreynoldsMP: "No economist supports rent controls"
There you have it. Are you a young person trapped paying exorbitant rent? The Labour govt says f**k you.
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Delighted to have @ZackPolanski speaking at the launch of our new report on rent controls at @IIPP_UCL today, written by @beth_stratford & @joebeswick1 in colalboration with @NEF. Full report available here:
ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publicati…
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🔥THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of renters in the streets today, united in our fight against a housing system run for private profit.
We have had enough of the exploitation and we are fighting back! Rent controls now! Council homes, not luxury flats!
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Fight back today! 1pm. Soho Sq.
See you in the streets.
🚨 18 April – London! Thousands of tenants are coming together with 50+ unions and grassroots campaigns for the National Housing Demonstration.
We demand rent controls and council homes, not luxury flats!
Join us. Updates and travel info: housingdemo.org
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Tomorrow, we unite to fight back.
We need rent controls, not 20% annual rent hikes. We need public housing, not luxury flats!
Be a part of the biggest housing action in years. Saturday 18 April 1pm. Soho Sq.
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Two socialist organizations, two very different models. Published by @RosaluxLondon, @josephalextodd compares Belgium’s PTB and the US-based DSA and asks what lessons the British Left might realistically draw: rosalux.de/en/publication/id…
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Are you a rep? Do you believe political education is key to building a powerful labour movement? Then check out our course, Organising to Win, and help build strong branches, and a winning movement. Website below, get in touch if you want to run a course youtube.com/watch?v=e66MBDCa…
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"Stop listening to landlords."
LRU member Joe on BBC Radio London yesterday talking about the Renters' Rights Act and why the government needs to start putting ordinary renters before landlord profits.
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Welcome news that Your Party is reopening membership. But fragility still remains.
That’s why grassroots supporters have proposed an Independent Interim Team to steady the ship + ensure a genuinely democratic founding conference.
✍️ Sign the petition: ourparty.org.uk/
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Let’s get Your Party over the line! 🚩
We launched an open letter last Friday — sign here 👉 ourparty.org.uk
Here’s a thread to explain everything 🧵
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In the 1970s, 95% of spending on housing policy went on building new council homes
Now, the same amount is spent on rents and going into the pockets of private landlords
Joe Beswick from @LDNRentersUnion on the government’s shift from supply to demand
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"Education is the most important class issue" Gramsci
Putting Marx's ideas back where they belong, at the heart of working class and trade union education! ✊🏿🇵🇸🚩
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TODAY! See you there!
ACTION: CUT THE RENT! #RentControlsNow!
Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes.
Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. Now, we must take to the streets to demand housing justice!
ALT Renters demonstration. Cut the rent. Saturday 14th December, 11:30am. meet at Cavendish Square, London. High rights are destroying our communities. Demand rent control and public homes.
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I published a book two weeks ago with @PlutoPress called ‘A World Without Racism’, an edited collection which seeks to guide antiracists, drawn from decades of housing, land, immigration, policing, climate, cultural, health, international, education and feminist organising.
🧵
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In Leeds with @BFAWUOfficial activists and reps playing Jeopardy and learning already to start off the 3rd Political economy course being run with @RosaluxLondon
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Bakers union Gen Sec @sarahwoolley01 introducing our third political economy and organising course with @BFAWUOfficial this morning. It’s going to be an exciting few days -can already feel the energy in the room to build the union and working class power ✊
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🚨 Today we're kicking off our CUT THE RENT campaign for #RentControlNow by TAKING ACTION against the UK’s biggest corporate landlord GRAINGER.
Grainger is getting rich gentrifying our neighbourhoods while lobbying government against our rights.
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Over the last few days members from across the IWGB have been taking part in a Political Economy Training Course run by @RosaluxLondon.
We've been learning about this history of the labour movement & our union, why we need to organise, & how we plan to build power at work.
