Feb
18
U.K. Housing Policy Will Fail to Meet Requirements, Lords Say
ByThe U.K. government’s housing policy is insufficient and risks leading to poor-quality homes, a panel of lawmakers said on Friday.
Relying on private developers won’t meet existing demand for about 240,000 new homes a year, the House of Lords Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment said Friday in a report. The panel, from Parliament’s upper house, called for local government and private nonprofit housing associations to be given a bigger role in new-builds. It also demanded new powers for local authorities over the quality of housing…
U.K. Housing Policy Will Fail to Meet Requirements, Lords Say
