Property Lobby: The Hidden Reality Behind the Housing Crisis

The Property Lobby: The Hidden Reality Behind the Housing Crisis

By Bob Colenutt

In this accessible and passionately argued book, Bob Colenutt goes to the roots of the long-term crisis in housing and planning in the UK. Providing a much needed, in depth critique of the nexus of power of landowners, house builders, financial backers and politicians that makes up the property lobby, this radical book reveals how this complex, self-serving and intimidating network perpetuates a cycle of low supply, high prices and poor building which has resulted in one of the biggest social and economic challenges of our time.

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Publisher: Policy Press
Publish Date: 05/06/2020
Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781447348160
ISBN-10: 1447348168
Language: English

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In this accessible and passionately argued book, Bob Colenutt goes to the roots of the long-term crisis in housing and planning in the UK. Providing a much needed, in depth critique of the nexus of power of landowners, house builders, financial backers and politicians that makes up the property lobby, this radical book reveals how this complex, self-serving and intimidating network perpetuates a cycle of low supply, high prices and poor building which has resulted in one of the biggest social and economic challenges of our time. With radical ideas for solutions, this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in housing, planning and social justice.

About the Author

Bob Colenutt is lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.

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