The System
The housing crisis is not an accident, it is an output. These pieces take the system apart one component at a time: where housing is allowed to go, what land is worth and who keeps the difference, what actually gets built, and what is meant to arrive alongside it. No jargon, no assumed knowledge, just how the machine runs.
The System 23 Jun 2026
How land gets its value, and who keeps it.
The arithmetic underneath the English housing crisis.
The Editor · 17 min read
The System 9 Jun 2026
The infrastructure that doesn't exist yet.
How water, roads, schools, and GP surgeries are supposed to arrive alongside new housing, and why they don't.
The Editor · 16 min read
The System 26 May 2026
The Local Plan, and why most of England does not have one.
The document that decides where houses go, how it gets made, what happens when it fails, and what happens without it.
The Editor · 15 min read
The System 19 May 2026
Viability, density, and why every estate looks the same.
The product range, the economics behind it, and a planning system that cannot demand anything better.
The Editor · 14 min read