Housing Policy Nerd Prints

Unsocial housing.

"Good boy."

Mario Draghi

"Some day, son, all this will be your ex-wife's."

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

'The recession is over, again.'

"Tariffs"

"Aren't you the estate agent who sold us this house?"

'Mark my words! Our enemies will test this young guy with a huge international crisis as soon as he's electe! But don't worry, he'll be fine!', 'Come here, Joe -- let me give you a nice fist bump!'

'Honey, it's the escrow people. They want to know if you could send a stool sample.'

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

"When we said we'd build 'affordable' homes we had a particular buyer in mind."

Tree of Public Opinion.

'Gee! You must have lost some on this property!'

'He's a blight on the whole neighbourhood.'

'There, we're up and running! Let the logging in begin. . .'

"The government prefers to see it as a flexible, environmentally friendly building option that fits within our current funding projections."

'He's trying to fine-tune the economy again.'

House hunting is cruel.

"I told you we should have sold last winter."

'Hmmm ... no health insurance. Take him to the Intensive I Don't Care Unit.'

'I think you'll all rest easy knowing this is a gated community!'

EU - Constitution

Affordable housing - Mum and Dads.

'Stick a few upper-class tax cuts to it and it'll pass like a bran muffin dipped in vaseline.'

'I've got it! - We'll call it the SUPERpatriot Act!'

'We could easily share this nest: You would use it during the day and I would use it at night...'

"For sale £470,000 house included"

"Good news-- people are no longer calling your campaign quixotic."

Victim of Sequestration!

'Thank God I don't live in a Jimmy Choo!'

"It's a bit of a fixer-upper."