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035			_a(Sirsi) u126906
100			_aMinton, A.
245			_aWhy Barker faces a fight on two fronts
260			_c2004
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0424) 12 June 2004, 52-56(5)
520			_aAnalyses government and Conservative assessments of the Barker review's calls for increased housing supply and more social housing to tackle the housing crisis in London and southeast England. It is not a simple choice between massive house building or massive house prices. House price inflation presents government with a dilemma, as house price growth is a motor of economic growth, although it prevents the less affluent from mounting the housing ladder. Government seems discomforted by Barker's advocacy of increased social housing and the Conservatives are against growing the housing supply and social housing. Notes that the head of English Partnerships, given a major role in master planning housing growth by the Communities Plan, backs a land tax to achieve the required growth. Provides a chronology of government steps to close the housing gap and a table covering construction of new homes and social housing 1980-2002.
590			_aABS
650			_aLONDON
650			_aAffordable housing _96215
650			_aSUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
650			_aHOUSING CRISIS
650			_aSOUTHEAST ENGLAND
650			_aSOCIAL HOUSING
650			_aBARKER REVIEW OF HOUSING SUPPLY: SECURING OUR FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS
650			_aHOUSING SUPPLY
650			_aLAND TAX
650			_aHOUSE PRICE INFLATION
650			_aHOUSE BUILDING
650			_aAffordable housing _96215
690			_aHOUSING-DEVELOPMENT
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