CfP ENHR Workshop: Families, Housing, and the Asset Society. University of Cambridge, UK, June 4-5 2026. Abstract Deadline: Feb 1 2026. Details: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

🗞️🏘️👉The Department's @justinkadi.bsky.social has just published a new article on Vienna's housing sector for @theguardian.com. 🔗Read more on our website here: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-just...

Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent: Sell-offs of public housing and the right’s promotion of home ownership has left too many unable to afford accommodation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Vienna is regularly cited as the best example of how to do affordable housing, and @justinkadi.bsky.social is *the* Vienna housing expert. He explains the city's social-rental stock results from structural political commitment + investment (1% levy on salaries) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now also included in an issue of @housingtheory.bsky.social My take on how Vienna's private rental market has transformed since the 1980s. A story of commodification through deregulation, the entrance of corporate landlords, and the emergence of new strategies to maximize returns 👇

The Intern. Journal of Housing Policy is celebrating its 25th birthday with a symposium this year. The event "Reflections and Developments in Housing Research: What's next?" will take place on Sep 8/9 at Univ. Glasgow. In collaboration with Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Details below

New paper together with S. Banabak & L. Plank: Institutional investment in rental housing in the city of social housing. Published in European Urban and Regional Studies. / Key points Thread 1/n journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New editorial in the International Journal of Housing Policy: Housing as an engine of inequality and the role of policy. With @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and Megan Nethercote www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now also in an issue of Urban Geography: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"The number of uk hospital beds shrank from 2.76 per thousand in 2013 to 2.42 in 2021, compared to 7.76 in Germany and 5.65 in France." newleftreview.org/issues/ii148...

"We find tax cuts for the rich lead to higher income inequality in both the short- and medium-term. In contrast, such reforms do not have any significant effect on economic growth or unemployment." #EconSky #PoliSky

Fascinating paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Call for Papers - Homeownership, housing, and inequality: Continuity and change, Luxembourg, 10-11 December 2024, ENHR Working Group Homeownership and Globalization www.researchgate.net/publication/...

I've finally said good bye to X. I agree with the argument that we, as academics, should be more cautious about the platforms we are on and make sure not to support dubious and politically regressive projects. So from now on only Blue Sky.

New paper: When it comes to housing policy, Vienna is typically treated as a posterchild of decommodification. But the regulated private rental market has undergone significant commodification since the 1980s. I show how. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Auch Adam Smith sah schon die Notwendigkeit öffentlicher Infrastruktur 👇

Der Staat hat "Pflicht, bestimmte Anstalten und Einrichtungen zu gründen und zu unterhalten, die ein einzelner oder eine (..) Gruppe aus eigenem Interesse nicht betreiben kann, weil der Gewinn ihre Kosten niemals decken könnte, obwohl er häufig höher sein mag als die Kosten für das (..) Gemeinwesen“

Looking forward to giving a plenary speech at the conference "The contested provisioning of care and housing" tomorrow at WU Vienna. My somewhat bold title: Good housing for all? Strategies and barriers. Read about the conference here: www.contestedcareandhousing.com

Impliziert die Schwierigkeit in der Einhebung einer Vermögenssteuer, dass es sie nicht geben sollte? "Wir sagen auch nicht: "Es ist unmöglich, alle Straßen zu kontrollieren, weshalb haben wir überhaupt eine Maximalgeschwindigkeit" " www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Guter Text: "Der Begriff des Anthropozäns verdeckt mehr, als er enthüllt. Wir benötigen einen Alternativbegriff, der die ungleichen Verantwortlichkeiten nicht nur benennt, sondern auch historische Erklärungen anbietet. " www.derstandard.at/story/300000...