Property News · December 20, 2023

Communities can take back control of housing – but they need political support | Letters


Tom Chance on why local builders could be the solution to the country’s housing crisis. Plus letters from Dr Steve Melia, David Redshaw and Michael HeatonThe Saxonvale housing initiative discussed in John Harris’s column (How one English town fought cookie-cutter housing by daring to dream a different future, 10 December) will not be unique as a large-scale community-led, mixed-use development, though its winding tale will make it a first of its kind.Across England, more than 2,000 homes have been developed by community land trusts in the past decade, three-quarters in partnership with private developers and housing associations. A 500-home garden village is being built by a national housebuilder in Cambridgeshire, co-designed by the community land trust, which will take ownership of all the open space and amenities, and half of the affordable homes, as they are completed. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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