Volume housebuilders not the answer to housing crisis, Richard Rogers says

By Will Ing2018-10-15T06:00:00

Architect says more local councils need to get involved building homes

Richard Rogers has said more local authorities need to build more homes in order to help solve the housing crisis – adding volume housebuilders won’t plug the shortfall.

Speaking at an event on factory made housing organised by New London Architecture, the architect said: “When local authorities who had been elected by the local people lost planning control in favour of the government, who handed it to the developer, we lost control.

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