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Here's Rowan Moore's agenda for addressing the housing crisis:

1. Reform taxes;
2. Transform empty buildings;
3. Build public housing;
4. Use land well [better]
5. Build sustainably;
6. Build beautifully.

'The prize is to make, through the places where people live, a better version of the society we have now'!

Its a sensible plan but not one that looks like it would be adopted in its entirety, although elements are emerging as policy (ish)!

theguardian.com/society/2025/f

The Guardian · Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisisBy Rowan Moore

@ChrisMayLA6 *end the right to buy, and then build public housing. There's no point if the councils loose them after 1 tenant.

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@econads

Agreed! Without an end to RtB, public hosing policy will continue to fail to deliver any stability