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Building for the Future: Where Should We Build Houses to Stimulate the Economy?
Author(s) -
Sarling Joe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2013.02434.x
Subject(s) - nimby , government (linguistics) , population , scale (ratio) , public housing , business , economics , economic growth , public economics , economic policy , market economy , geography , sociology , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , civil engineering , demography , cartography
The UK 's housing problem has become an economic one. Finding ways to boost the supply of housing across the UK is currently near the top of the Government's economic growth and jobs agenda. As a result of failed policies over the past 60 years ‐ policymakers’ unwillingness to tackle NIMBY interests, a complex national planning system, developers’ unwillingness and inability to build housing at the volume required to maintain stable prices, changing preferences amongst the population ‐ the scale of the problem is vast. However, for any hope of success for the Government's housing strategy, it is vital to understand the extent to which the housing landscape varies significantly across different parts of the country.