Interesting discussion captured on Dave Hill's blog about large scale comprehensive regeneration
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2013/feb/28/london-regeneration-principles-southwark?CMP=twt_gu
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2013/feb/13/elephant-and-castle-southwark-council-regeneration-rights-and-wrongs
Showing posts with label housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label housing. Show all posts
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Friday, 7 September 2012
Housing announcements Sep 2012
Good Summary from Inside Housing
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/third-time-lucky?%2F6523596.blog
According to Centre for Cities: "Fundamentally, the measures are based upon the premise that the planning system is the key issue both in the short term and long term to getting the more houses that the country needs. While there are definite gains to be made by tweaking the system, we also need house builders to pull their weight too.
Many house-builders bought land at the peak of the market and are now stuck, understandably unwilling to incur losses. But this means there are large amounts of land which have permission granted but on which no building is taking place. This restricted supply of both land and housing is pushing up prices.
Part of the problem is the lack of competition within this industry. It is dominated by a few large firms who are not incentivised to keep prices competitive nor incentivised to sell on land they can’t/won’t build on. Options for encouraging more competition within the industry as well exploring ways to use the tax system to ensure that land with planning permission is built out within a reasonable time-frame need to be explored further. Recent initiatives such as IKEA’s cheap, flat-pack houses, as well the refocus on the role of self-build offer a glimpse as to how the industry might develop in the future."
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/third-time-lucky?%2F6523596.blog
According to Centre for Cities: "Fundamentally, the measures are based upon the premise that the planning system is the key issue both in the short term and long term to getting the more houses that the country needs. While there are definite gains to be made by tweaking the system, we also need house builders to pull their weight too.
Many house-builders bought land at the peak of the market and are now stuck, understandably unwilling to incur losses. But this means there are large amounts of land which have permission granted but on which no building is taking place. This restricted supply of both land and housing is pushing up prices.
Part of the problem is the lack of competition within this industry. It is dominated by a few large firms who are not incentivised to keep prices competitive nor incentivised to sell on land they can’t/won’t build on. Options for encouraging more competition within the industry as well exploring ways to use the tax system to ensure that land with planning permission is built out within a reasonable time-frame need to be explored further. Recent initiatives such as IKEA’s cheap, flat-pack houses, as well the refocus on the role of self-build offer a glimpse as to how the industry might develop in the future."
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
The Great British Housing Disaster (Adam Curtis 1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RonRO4yK98U
scary, strong case for quality over quantity in housing, but have we learnt.anything?
scary, strong case for quality over quantity in housing, but have we learnt.anything?
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Planning and the Major House Builder ‘Benefit Junkies’
"a bit like asking the fox to look after the chickens"
http://chrisbrown.regen.net/2012/02/28/planning-and-the-major-house-builder-%E2%80%98benefit-junkies%E2%80%99/
http://chrisbrown.regen.net/2012/02/28/planning-and-the-major-house-builder-%E2%80%98benefit-junkies%E2%80%99/
Friday, 20 May 2011
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