Council on Urban Initiatives @CouncilonUrban
2021-2025. Collaboration btwn @UNHabitat, @IIPP_UCL, & @LSECities positioning urban issues at the heart of global debates. Co-chaired by @MazzucatoM & @BURDETTR councilonurbaninitiatives.com Joined June 2022-
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Great to meet with Mayor of Kuala Lumpur @MaimunahSharif and her team at KL city hall to discuss key challenges facing cities and how to build dynamic public sector capabilities at the local level. We discussed our Public Sector Capabilities Index (PSCI) being developed at…
🏙️ The legacy of the @CouncilonUrban The final report by the @CouncilonUrban, co-chaired by @IIPP_UCL Prof @MazzucatoM, highlights its key contributions to tackling urban issues and transforming cities to be fairer, healthier, & greener. ✍️ Read it here: buff.ly/mz6uHsO
Grateful to President, @EmmanuelMacron of France for inviting me to join the UN Ocean Rise & Coastal Resilience Summit & present the Coalition’s action plan — alongside Mayor Christian Estrosi & other global leaders. New Orleans is as a global leader & I’m proud to represent us⚜️
It's decision time for the government on their housing legacy... ⌛️ Will they properly invest in social housing in June's #SpendingReview?
“Now is the time to build — not cut back.” - Mairi MacRae, Director of Policy and Campaigns We need the government to invest in building 90,000 social rent homes a year for a decade. 🏠 With just 3 days to go, all eyes on the Spending Review. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
As rumours swirl about the upcoming funding announcement for social housing, leading economist Ann Pettifor sets out for Shelter exactly why and how the government must invest big in social rent homes at this week’s Spending Review. Read more here: england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/upd…
🏘️ Housing takes centre stage at the United Nations Habitat Assembly #UNHA2, 29–30 May in Nairobi. From high-level dialogue to strategic action, bold commitments will drive progress on #HousingForAll. 📺 Watch live: 🔗 webtv.un.org 🔗 youtube.com/@unhabitatglob…
Thank you to our partner @ImpUrbanHealth for their support of the Council. At IOUH, Ricky Burdett (co-chair) and @richardsennett (founding member) shared key insights from Bogota, Mumbai and Singapore - with lessons for London.
🏙️ The legacy of the @CouncilonUrban The final report by the @CouncilonUrban, co-chaired by @IIPP_UCL Prof @MazzucatoM, highlights its key contributions to tackling urban issues and transforming cities to be fairer, healthier, & greener. ✍️ Read it here: buff.ly/FoUWH1o
Cities are on the frontlines of pressing social and environmental challenges while being sandboxes for innovation. As the @CouncilonUrban comes to an end, our final report highlights our contributions: profiling case studies on care and housing from Barcelona to Bogotá,…
🤯Shocking decision by the Govt and @mhclg to permit wood burning stoves in new homes 🔥The Govt is ignoring @theCCCuk's guidance to phase out polluting wood burners ❤️🩹While undermining @DefraGovUK's commitment to protect people from air pollution. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Today as part of Rome's "All We Need Is Home" event @leilanifarha spoke about how she & @MazzucatoM brought together a human rights approach with new economic thinking, and outcome-driven economic policies to tackle the global housing crisis.
Our recent letter to @hmtreasury, based on this report, called for greater investment in social housing ➡️ england.shelter.org.uk/professional_r… 2/3 🧵
Solving the housing crisis requires combining rights-based approaches with a missions framework. Housing should be treated as a common good, retrofit, distributed, and built sustainably. Our piece with @leilanifarha & @cityofsound for @Shelter's call for greater investment in…
I'm one of the signatories of this open letter to Rachel Reeves, organised by @Shelter, who are doing important work here . They link letter to research showing one-bedroom flats are unaffordable across roughly 1/2 of England for new nurses, teachers and NHS healthcare assistants
I'm one of the signatories of this open letter to Rachel Reeves, organised by @Shelter, who are doing important work here . They link letter to research showing one-bedroom flats are unaffordable across roughly 1/2 of England for new nurses, teachers and NHS healthcare assistants
CUI members @MazzucatoM and @cityofsound co-sign @Shelter's open letter calling the UK's treasury to increase investment in social housing @hmtreasury
CUI members @MazzucatoM and @cityofsound co-sign @Shelter's open letter calling the UK's treasury to increase investment in social housing @hmtreasury
There are 1.3 million UK households stuck on social housing waitlists. I, with 40 top economists including @IIPP_UCL colleagues @jryancollins @cityofsound & Carlota Perez co-sign @Shelter's letter calling for @RachelReevesMP to invest in social housing in June's spending review.…
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