Monday, 14 April 2014

Housing Policy Storing Up Trouble for the Future

A council has written to the coalition after becoming concerned that its affordable housing policies are "storing up trouble for the future". Milton Keynes Council has contacted planning minister Nick Boles to accuse the government making it hard for affordable housing to be built alongside new developments. Although the council currently attempts to ensure that 30% of housing developments in the city are 'affordable', the local authority has "major concerns" that recent changes by the government has "swung the balance too far in favour of developers". Read more on 24dash.


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