Radical solutions to the housing supply crisis / Duncan Bowie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowie, Duncan, author.

Series:

Policy Press shorts. Policy & practice

Shorts. Policy & practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--England.

Housing.

Housing policy--England.

Housing policy.

England.

Physical Description:

v, 185 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book analyses the roots of the current housing crisis in England, critically reviewing the development of policy under successive UK Governments and presenting a specific critique of the current Conservative Government's housing and planning reforms.

Contents:

RADICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING SUPPLY CRISIS; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section One. The context; 1. Conservative government policy and the Housing and Planning Act 2016; Introduction; Starter homes; Right to Buy; Forced sale of vacant higher-value council homes; Pay to stay; Flexible tenancies; 'In principle' planning consent; Weakening of local authority planning; The overall impact of the 2016 Act; 2. Critiques of the current direction of government policy; Scapegoating social housing

The fetishisation of homeownershipThe failure of the market; The positive functions of social housing; 3. The failure of governments since 1979 and the ideological continuities; Section two. The crisis of housing supply; 4. The housing deficit; Economic and political factors; Financing the development sector, land-banking and housing output; The cost of land; Government subsidy; Planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy; Location and form of new development; Infrastructure; Preconditions for new sustainable communities; 5. Affordable by whom?; 6. The wrong kind of homes

Built form and densityThe size of new homes; 7. The inefficient use of the existing stock; 8. The failure of the English planning system; Planning reform; Localism; Planning for growth; Development viability; Section Three; Section Three. There is an alternative; 9. A radical programme for reform; Forms of investment: bricks or benefits?; Socialising the private rented sector; Homeownership is not always the solution; Rebalancing the relationship between the public and the private sector; Resources and powers; Localism and spatial justice; The need for a new strategic approach

The basic principles for a new housing strategySome basic principles for a new approach to planning for housing supply; Key policy options; Summary of the required reform programme; Conclusion. The four key issues; Land, ownership, money and power; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.

ISBN:

1447328493

9781447328490

OCLC:

959593488