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By contrast, the previous decade averaged 222,746 homes a year: 18,562 per month. If delivery continues at today’s rate, Lanpro calculates that the country will be around 860,000 homes short by the end of 2029 – missing the headline 1.5 million target by about 46 per cent. Regional imbalances Lanpro’s new mapping shows a starkly uneven picture.
Why planning must be part of the asylum debate
As the High Court prepares to deliver the verdict on The Bell Hotel case, Faraz Baber of Lanpro argues planning offers the strategic, long-term fix for asylum housing. This article is written by Faraz Baber, chief operating officer at Lanpro. The built environment holds solutions to the crisis – but planning voices are absent At the root of the debate over asylum accommodation is not only politics but questions relating to land and buildings.
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The scale of the asylum housing crisis is stark. According to Reuters, more than 32,000 people were being housed in hotels at the end of June – an 8 per cent increase on the previous year. The number of asylum claims, at 111,000 in the year to June, is higher than at any point in the past two decades. Neither of the government’s main approaches has proved sufficient.
Bernie Sanders cut his teeth as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Now he's running for US president
On a clear spring day in Burlington, a crowd gathered in a local park to welcome back a hometown hero: former mayor of the city and current US senator for Vermont, Bernard “Bernie” Sanders. Spirits were high, and it wasn’t just because the snow and ice of a bitter winter was beginning to thaw. Bernie had an important announcement to make, and one that they, along with others across the country, were eager to hear: he would be running for president.
If London's housing "opportunity areas" are to succeed, its planning system will need reform
As every 25-year-old struggling to get onto the property ladder knows, the British capital has a real problem with building enough homes. And as London continues to thrive economically and attracts global talent, the population continues to rise by 100,000 people a year. Clearly, something needs to be done. Chancellor George Osborne recently made clear that the government’s desire was to increase brownfield land development.
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