Better planning for housing affordability: Three approaches to solving the housing crisis in the UK

Tom Kenny, Trudi Elliott and Aude Bicquelet-Lock
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Aude Bicquelet-Lock: The Royal Town Planning Institute, UK

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 2018, vol. 11, issue 3, 233-241

Abstract: This paper considers the role of planning in the housing crisis. It responds to a common neoliberal critique of the planning system by providing evidence that, rather than contributing to the housing crisis, planning can play a key role in solving it. To do this the paper first explains the weaknesses of the ‘anti-planning’ analysis of the housing crisis, and then considers three solutions in which planning plays a key role. These are: (1) diversifying the housebuilding market; (2) intervening in the land market; and (3) supporting and resourcing strong, pro-active planning. If these solutions are supported with the requisite legislation, support and powers, then the housing crisis is surmountable.

Keywords: planning; housing; affordability; housing crisis; market; planning permission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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