More Affordable Housing 'Should Be Built In National Parks'

More affordable housing should be built in England’s national parks to help communities excluded by spiralling prices driven by second homes, the new chair for the authorities has said. Carl Lis OBE, chair of National Parks England, has warned that young people and national parks staff are being forced out of some of the most scenic parts of the country by high prices, driven in part by exclusive holiday homes. Lis said the government should also take action on “land banking” by developers in protected areas such as the Lake District, the South Downs and the Peak District. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/29/more-affordable-housing-should-be-built-in-national-parks