Towards an inclusive and sustainable housing market.
Language: English Series: Town & Country Planning ; 78(5) May 2009, 221-225(5)Publication details: Subject(s): Summary: A challenge to the current calls to promote institutional investment to build more homes for private rent. The author questions some recent reports by the Smith Institute and British Property Foundation, the Government's response to the Rugg Review (see L145590) into the professionalism of the private sector and also the Housing and Community Agency inviting expressions of interest for the submission of new financial models to support the private rental sector. This article argues against this response, regarding the increase in private rental sector as likely to exacerbate local division and alienation and could work against local strategies to develop affordable ownership as core elements of inclusive and sustainable communities.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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A challenge to the current calls to promote institutional investment to build more homes for private rent. The author questions some recent reports by the Smith Institute and British Property Foundation, the Government's response to the Rugg Review (see L145590) into the professionalism of the private sector and also the Housing and Community Agency inviting expressions of interest for the submission of new financial models to support the private rental sector. This article argues against this response, regarding the increase in private rental sector as likely to exacerbate local division and alienation and could work against local strategies to develop affordable ownership as core elements of inclusive and sustainable communities.