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Build in haste, repent at leisure? Post-pandemic planning at the precipice

Iain White By , and Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted:

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to discussions on what shape planning should take post-crisis. Here, Prof Iain White, Prof Graham Haughton, and Dr Nuno Pinto outline how current regulations have exacerbated difficulties for some people in lockdown, discuss how opportunistic developers or politicians may seek to hijack the policy responses, and suggest solutions to ensure […]

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Our system for housing asylum seekers is failing, we must do better

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In light of this week’s report into Asylum Accommodation by the Home Affairs Select Committee, Dr Jonathan Darling, who submitted expert evidence to the inquiry, responds to its findings and suggests a way forwards. Asylum accommodation is currently provided through six regional contracts with three private providers There have been reports of substandard and inappropriate […]

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Housing crisis: the scandal of empty homes

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As the Treasury announces plans this week to allocate another £5bn to boost housebuilding and measures to speed up the planning process, Alexandra Albert says we must also demand action on the hundreds of thousands of homes lying empty. As this week’s announcements show, the housing crisis remains a primary concern for policymakers, as well […]

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The rise of urban experiments: window dressing or catalysts for change?

James Evans By , and Filed Under: All posts Posted:

The UK housing crisis is a key challenge for our times – demand far outstrips supply and   Ministers are seeking solutions, such as plans to create new ‘garden cities’.  But are policy-makers taking enough notice of the urban experiments that have already taken place around the world and are the right questions being asked? James […]

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