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United Kingdom: Don't assume scrapping planning laws will get more houses built
2015-07-10 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: There are few greater scandals in Britain than the housing crisis. Every year we are building less than half the new houses we need, and prices are continuing to rise. The young are particularly hard hit: a few years ago Shelter reported that two and a half million people were putting off starting families because they did not have a home of their own. ADVERTISING Housebuilding can also be a vital spur to growth. Constructing hundreds of thousands of homes helped Britain survive the 1930s depression,...
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