Radical Solutions to the Housing Supply Crisis

This book analyzes the roots of the current housing crisis in England, critically reviews the development of policy under the New Labour and Coalition Governments, and presents a specific critique of the current Conservative Government’s housing and planning reforms. Demonstrating how successive governments have failed to achieve their objectives in this area, Duncan Bowie sets out a radical reform program based on an alternative set of policy priorities and delivery mechanisms. By focusing on the supply of sustainable, affordable housing, Bowie makes a timely argument for an integrated reform of policy on land, taxation, planning, and public investment.