Housing Report Critical Of Government 'Short Termism'

Successive governments have failed to produce a coherent long-term strategy for housing, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has said.  In a report, the RICS housing commission said some of the coalition's policies were providing short-term help for the house-building industry.  But it argued that ministers' lack of consistency over the past 50 years has exacerbated the failures of the market.  The RICS study concluded that the housing market has not delivered enough homes at affordable prices.  Read more on the BBC website.