
National Housing Policy
A
lthough currently in a state of flux,
any coherent UK-wide housing
policy must address the twin issues
of aordability, and design and quality.
Aordability
During the course of writing this book UK
housing and planning policy was going
through a period of intense and rapid
change, with the passage of the Housing
and Planning Act 2016, Neighbourhood
Planning Bill 2017 and the Housing White
Paper in early 2017. Between 2010 and 2016
the political direction of travel has been
prioritisation of home ownership over all
other forms of tenure. Changes introduced
with the Housing and Planning Act 2016
include giving housing-association ...