Widespread Press Coverage for the RIBA's Future Homes Commission shows how hot a political potato the housing shortage is. RIBA can take credit for an astute choice of topic. The Commission, chairedby business leader Sir John Banham, has called for a 'revolution' in home building, its scale and quality, and recommends five big changes. A tripling of new homes to more than 300,000 a year including a big increase in rentals, a new ￡iobn Local Housing Development Fund using pooled council pension funds, a more user-friendly market with better information and valuation focused on design attributes, a lead role in all this for local councils and, of course, better design.
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