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Book SynopsisThe complex and self-serving nexus behind the UK's housing crisis is laid bare in this passionate book from Bob Colenutt. Investigating the network of landowners, house-builders, financial backers and politicians, he reveals how we have been forced to accept the cycle of low supply and high prices, and proposes solutions to the housing emergency.
Trade Review“The housing crisis stems from a new and unholy alliance of financial, developer and land-owning interests which this timely book uncovers and promises to fix as a central part of fixing the economy and society.” Michael Edwards, University College London
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Preface; Introduction – The Finance-Housebuilding complex; The Housing Shortage; The Housebuilding Business; Financing Housing Investment; The Property Lobby; Property Lobby Case Studies; The 2008 Crash Continues; Housebuilding and Affordable Housing; Social and Affordable housing sectors; Local Case Studies; Unblocking the Impasse; References; Bibliography; Index.
