{"id":111556,"date":"2019-10-14T00:52:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-gold-standard-in-social-housing-design-letters\/"},"modified":"2019-10-14T01:11:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T18:11:04","slug":"the-gold-standard-in-social-housing-design-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-gold-standard-in-social-housing-design-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"The gold standard in social housing design | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter Norwich\u2019s Goldsmith Street was awarded the Stirling prize, readers discuss the ability of councils to build more homes, what constitutes high-quality housing, and the insecurity of being a private tenantIt was gratifying to learn that the RIBA Stirling prize has been awarded for Norwich council\u2019s Goldsmith Street during the centenary year of Christopher Addison\u2019s Homes Fit for Heroes initiative (Award for best new UK building goes to council housing project for first time, 9 October).As Oliver Wainwright reports, the council could build more housing if right to buy was reformed \u2013 or, better still, abolished. When the scheme was first introduced in 1979, Norwich councillors \u2013 led by their housing chair, the late Lady Patricia Hollis \u2013 took a stand against the Thatcher government by refusing to treat sales as an urgent priority. The minister responsible, Michael Heseltine, sent in Whitehall officials to oversee sales for several years. Let\u2019s hope that in future councils will be able to circumvent legislation on forced privatisation.Dr Michael PassmoreGreenwich, London Continue reading…
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