Overlook Mountain

Woodstock 😂

Billy Joe’s Rib Works Newburgh

Hiking Storm King Hudson Valley 😎

Center for global and urban studies Trinity College, v nice space, like @buoncities.bsky.social 😊

Sophie Oldfield now 😊

Garth Myers at Trinity gets us going 😊

Very interesting- Tom did you see my piece on Salford where my Lees family are from, and my post doc Stefano Portelli’s work on Casablanca- fits well.

Soaring rents and a four-hour commute: the misery of the Lagos housing crisis The Nigerian megacity’s dynamic growth is outstripping its rental supply, and wages are not keeping up with rising costs

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Micro book talks from Center for Forced Displacement at BU - very interesting

Why human geography belongs at the heart of city planning — Vaere Social Cities are social systems, not just physical ones. Here's why human geography is the discipline planning needs most right now - and what it brings that infrastructure and economics alone can't.

www.vaeresocial.au/blog/why-hum...

Nice hike Blue Hills today

The war over Omagh’s gold: the £21bn mine plan tearing a community apart On Monday, a public inquiry will reopen, nine years after the plan was proposed and a toxic local battle began

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Please support this campaign where my mother’s family farm is - in an area of outstanding natural beauty facing destruction by a proposed gold mine

UK and US proofs of The Heights have arrived! Published in the autumn…

I passed this to David it is hilarious- I always want windows open, he doesn’t 😆

Looks v nice!

Uncertain refuge: experiences of tenure security in a precarious housing system This article reports on the lives of the remaining rent-controlled (regulated) tenants in England’s private rental sector. Although small in number, this group is central to discussions on housing ...

🚨New Paper - Uncertain refuge: experiences of tenure security in a precarious housing system. Qualitative paper examining ontological security among the remaining rent-controlled tenants in England's PRS. Published online in Housing Studies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to be doing opening keynote for this conference in Ecuador tomorrow morning

16,000 steps along the Charles this evening as part of @buoncities.bsky.social Propel Challenge. The ☀️ was out and the boats

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"Not Just by Walking Distance: Residential Segregation and Children’s Network Integration in the City of Bremen" by Michael Windzio and Maximilian Trommer, UAR 55(4), 2019.

Fight Escalates Over Plan to Demolish and Rebuild N.Y.C. Public Housing

My NLC intern did a project on this last year: Fight Escalates Over Plan to Demolish and Rebuild N.Y.C. Public Housing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/n...

Mansion tax ‘to affect 165,000 homes in first year’ OBR predicts 45,000 more properties than first estimated will face annual surcharges of up to £7,500 as homes face biggest revaluation for 30 years

The tax homes worth over £5m is less than the council tax surcharge levied by Edinburgh city council on Band F second homes worth about £400k. It would be simpler, fairer and probably easier to reform the whole crazy system.
www.thetimes.com/article/6496...

🏘️🏗️🏙️ Today, we release findings from the 2025 #MeninoSurvey, the only nationally representative survey of American mayors that explores what mayors see as the main drivers of rising housing costs, housing policy, and political barriers they face to building more homes. surveyofmayors.com

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Cape Town Housing Is Booming. Many Residents Are Unhappy About It.

Cape Town Housing Is Booming. Many Residents Are Unhappy About It. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

Congrats to Stefano Pagin who just finished his PhD with me who was Highly Commended in the Area Prize for early career researchers 🤩🎉

Great event Reclaim Roxbury last night which @buoncities.bsky.social sponsored- amazing work

The Renters’ Rights Act coming into force in May will ban no fault eviction and make it possible to challenge unfair rent rises.

The Mayor of @london.gov.uk is setting up a £400k Renters’ Rights Enforcement Fund for renters rights groups and for training for borough enforcement officers.

Very interesting Rob🤔