Housing & homelessness advisory
Strategic reviews, homelessness prevention, temporary accommodation, demand management and operating models.
Independent thinking, strategic advisory and research at the intersection of housing, economics, public policy, data and technology.
The Housing Economist combines operational housing expertise with economics, systems thinking and technology to help organisations understand what is driving demand, what interventions work and where resources create the greatest value.
Strategic reviews, homelessness prevention, temporary accommodation, demand management and operating models.
Cost modelling, prevention ROI, scenario analysis, business cases, forecasting and policy appraisal.
Service redesign, governance, performance, data maturity and implementation that connects strategy to frontline delivery.
Digital strategy, AI-enabled services, intelligent housing systems and product thinking for the next operating model.
Research and commentary focused on the economics beneath housing outcomes — affordability, supply, homelessness, temporary accommodation, public expenditure, technology and prevention.
Housing connects household finances, health, labour markets, public services, productivity, local growth and place. Treating those outcomes separately obscures the system producing them.
Understanding cost beyond the nightly rate — subsidy, demand, opportunity cost and prevention.
Why fragmented systems create fragmented decisions — and what an integrated model changes.
Housing executive, economist, strategist and technology founder with more than two decades of experience leading housing, homelessness, prevention and transformation in UK local government.
The Housing Economist brings together practical delivery experience and rigorous economic thinking: turning complex housing problems into evidence-led strategies, investable propositions and better-designed services.