Book Description
You have been told that the housing market is booming. So why
are there no houses that you can afford being built?
You want to know why house prices have spiralled out of control. House
building is lower than it has been since the Second World War, and there
are not enough homes being built to meet the demand.
You have been told that developers want to concrete over the countryside.
It is not true. No more than one tenth of Britain is developed.
Far from being in short supply, land is going to waste, because the law
stops it from being developed
This book explains why Britain stopped building homes for its citizens to
live in. For too long government policy has been in the grip of officials
who want to stop new building.
Let's Build! explains whay all of the reasons for not building new homes -
the scare stories about the environment, about suburbia, about social
cohesion - are just excuses.
are there no houses that you can afford being built?
You want to know why house prices have spiralled out of control. House
building is lower than it has been since the Second World War, and there
are not enough homes being built to meet the demand.
You have been told that developers want to concrete over the countryside.
It is not true. No more than one tenth of Britain is developed.
Far from being in short supply, land is going to waste, because the law
stops it from being developed
This book explains why Britain stopped building homes for its citizens to
live in. For too long government policy has been in the grip of officials
who want to stop new building.
Let's Build! explains whay all of the reasons for not building new homes -
the scare stories about the environment, about suburbia, about social
cohesion - are just excuses.
From the Publisher
audacity organises authoritative international research, large
conferences on pressing development issues, has a provocative website -
audacity.org - and publishes a dynamic school of writers, public
speakers and photographers. Let's Build! is the first in a new series of
publications
conferences on pressing development issues, has a provocative website -
audacity.org - and publishes a dynamic school of writers, public
speakers and photographers. Let's Build! is the first in a new series of
publications
From the Inside Flap
Sponsored by the Modern Masonry Alliance. They develop and
promote masonry construction - the bricks, blocks, and stone; the cement
and mortar which bind them together; the researchers and technicians
advancing the industry; the men and women who build masonry homes,
buildings and structures. For more information visit
modernmasonry.co.uk
promote masonry construction - the bricks, blocks, and stone; the cement
and mortar which bind them together; the researchers and technicians
advancing the industry; the men and women who build masonry homes,
buildings and structures. For more information visit
modernmasonry.co.uk
About the Author
James Heartfield is a director of audacity, the campaigning
company that advocates developing the man-made environment. He writes and
lectures on development and regeneration, and is currently based at the
University of Westminster's Centre for the Study of Democracy. Visit his
website heartfield.org
company that advocates developing the man-made environment. He writes and
lectures on development and regeneration, and is currently based at the
University of Westminster's Centre for the Study of Democracy. Visit his
website heartfield.org
