Three million homes 'not enough'

The independent body, set up to advise the Government on housing policy, suggests affordability will continue to get worse, even if the Government’s target is met. It suggests another 250,000 more homes will be needed to meet demand. The report comes as housing minister, Yvette Cooper, unveils new proposals to encourage local councils to release more land for development and build more homes. However, one of the report’s authors, Stephen Nickell, is reported as saying more houses were being built in Britain in the 1930s, when the population was far smaller. He says most other developed ...