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100			_aEade, C.
245			_aPreaching to the converted
260			_c2000
490			_aProperty Week _v65(16) 20 April 2000, 26-29(2)
520			_aConverting office and warehouse property to residential use is adding just 3% to the housing stock. A DETR-commissioned report "Conversion and redevelopment: processes and pitfalls" examines the potential concluding that if large houses were subdivided and commercial buildings were converted to homes 26,500 homes could be created. However there are impediments in the form of a reviving office market, the best buildings have already been converted, the need to include social housing elements in any conversion and a lack of tax breaks.
590			_aABS
650			_aREDUNDANT BUILDINGS
650			_aRESIDENTIAL USE
650			_aFUTURE
650			_aRESEARCH
690			_aHOUSING-DEVELOPMENT
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