Lack of affordable housing
Series: Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) ; 12 November 2004 3(1) | CPRE Press Release ; (62/04) 4 November 2004 (4)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: The Campaign to Protect Rural England has just published a report which claims that a lack of affordable homes is the cause of the UK's housing crisis - rather than an overall shortage of houses. "Housing the nation: meeting the need for affordable housing" points out that between 1950 and 1980 more than 100 000 affordable houses were built by social housing providers each year in England. Since 1985 the number has fallen to less than 25 000 per annum and stood at less than 14 000 in 2002. The report can be downloaded from: http://www.cpre.org.uk/news-releases/news-rel-2004 /62-04.htm.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB4044-11 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 128003-1001 |
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has just published a report which claims that a lack of affordable homes is the cause of the UK's housing crisis - rather than an overall shortage of houses. "Housing the nation: meeting the need for affordable housing" points out that between 1950 and 1980 more than 100 000 affordable houses were built by social housing providers each year in England. Since 1985 the number has fallen to less than 25 000 per annum and stood at less than 14 000 in 2002. The report can be downloaded from: http://www.cpre.org.uk/news-releases/news-rel-2004 /62-04.htm.