Solving the Housing Crisis by Local Communities’ Empowerment | Anya Martin | TEDxGoodenoughCollege

Anya talks about the housing crisis that is facilitated by policies, which are difficult to change and politically contentious. She explains how street votes can be used to allow more housing on a street. Anya is director of PricedOut, England’s campaign for housing affordability. PricedOut works to bring down the cost of housing to buy or rent through evidence-based policy solutions. Anya also works as a research and insight manager at a voluntary sector membership body and is a board advisor at London YIMBY, a grassroots campaign to end the housing crisis with the support of local communities. She has a master’s degree in social research methods from University College London and e is interested in looking around the world at land use systems and property taxation for lessons on how they can be improved in England. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx