Grenfell and pandemic may have brought us to a ‘Beveridge moment’, says Tory MP. Placing “rocket boosters” under community-led housing initiatives is the way to tackle the crisis rather than relying on the market, a former advisor to Boris Johnson has said. Bottom-up approaches such as community land trusts (CLTs) could be ramped up to “break the stranglehold of developers” and increase the affordability of housing, said Danny Kruger, a Tory MP who has been an adviser to two prime ministers. CLTs could also be something around which to build cross-party support, which will be essential in tackling what is a multi-generational challenge, he said. Read more on the Housing Today website.
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