Full Description
In this accessible and passionately argued book, Bob Colenutt goes to the roots of the long-term crisis in housing and planning in the UK.
Providing a much needed, in depth critique of the nexus of power of landowners, house builders, financial backers and politicians that makes up the property lobby, this radical book reveals how this complex, self-serving and intimidating network perpetuates a cycle of low supply, high prices and poor building which has resulted in one of the biggest social and economic challenges of our time. With radical ideas for solutions, this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in housing, planning and social justice.
Contents
The finance-housebuilding complex
The housing shortage
The housebuilding business
Financing housing investment
The property lobby
Shaping national housing and planning policy
The 2008 financial crash continues
The housebuilders and affordable housing
How the social and affordable housing sectors got swallowed
Local case studies
Unblocking the impasse
