>More Homes Fewer Empty Buildings
planning, Policy exchange, stalled regeneration, street level regeneration Comments OffMar 18
>Policy Exchange is a think tank that is occasionally brilliant but sometimes bonkers. Who can forget their Cities Unlimited report from two years ago which advocated abandoning northern cities. It achieved the remarkable feat of uniting David Cameron and John Prescott in condemnation. Between them they described it as “barmy”, “the most insulting and ignorant policy I’ve ever heard” ,“Insane and complete rubbish”
But their latest report “More Homes Fewer Empty Buildings” for me falls into the brilliant category. In fact it is one of those ideas that is so simple you wonder why nobody has come up with it before. Allow people to [...]
