{"id":100392,"date":"2018-10-23T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/affordable-land-would-mean-affordable-housing-heres-how-we-get-there-alastair-parvin\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:03:08","slug":"affordable-land-would-mean-affordable-housing-heres-how-we-get-there-alastair-parvin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/affordable-land-would-mean-affordable-housing-heres-how-we-get-there-alastair-parvin\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable land would mean affordable housing. Here\u2019s how we get there | Alastair Parvin"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe price of land is a huge barrier to house-building, by councils or developers. Lease to individuals, and the equation changesLord Porter, the chairman of the Local Government Association, has proposed to \u201cset forth a million builders\u201d by giving residents a role in the design and construction of council-built homes. It\u2019s the latest sign of a radical common sense that is slowly making its way into housing policy, but if government truly wants to unlock the \u201ccitizen sector\u201d, there\u2019s an easier way.Slowly, all the political parties are now waking up to the realisation that private developers will never build the number or quality of homes that Britain needs. This is not because developers are just greedy or immoral \u2013 it\u2019s because their business model is perfectly designed to make sure they have no incentive to do so. No amount of subsidy or regulation will change that. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The price of land is a huge barrier to house-building, by councils or developers. 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