Government ‘Squanders’ Once-In-A-Generation Chance To Ease Housing Crisis

Government has squandered a once-in-a-generation chance to alleviate the housing crisis by failing to develop a strategy for public land disposal, a key Commons committee says. In a warning shot to a new Communities Secretary, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it is unacceptable that MHCLG pays so little attention to how the release of public land could be used to deliver affordable homes, including social homes for rent. The resulting report says release of public land is not translating into enough actual homes for those who need them. Read more on 24housing.

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