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Friday 20 October 2017

Save Public Land

Local authorities could sell council-owned land to housing associations:
Futures Forum: A solution to our housing problems: sell council land for £1

Or they could simply sell council-owned land on the market to raise some much-needed cash:
Public land sell off with no affordable homes built – map | East Devon Watch

This is happening all over the place - including in East Devon - as the New Economics Foundation's latest study reveals.

Click on this link to get to the map:


SAVE PUBLIC LAND

GOVERNMENT IS SELLING OFF OUR LAND TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS


We are in the grips of a housing crisis. By selling off public land, the Government is making it worse. If that land were put to public use, we could build the homes we need – instead, just one in five homes built on public land is affordable. That's why we’re working with communities to take control of our housing.


This map shows where public land is for sale or has been sold. By zooming in on your area, you can see which sites are up for sale near you, which government department is selling them, and which sites have already been lost.
We hope this map is an important step in shedding light on public land sales and are exploring how the information can be used by community groups to take action.

LATEST


LAND MAP REVEALS WHERE DEVELOPERS HAVE SCRAPPED AFFORDABLE HOMES

Loophole lets builders backtrack on community pledges.

MAKING THE CASE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON PUBLIC LAND

We must use public land in the public interest.

PODCAST: WILL SELLING OFF PUBLIC LAND MAKE THE HOUSING CRISIS WORSE?

Our award-winning podcast tackles the issue.

SELLING PUBLIC LAND IS MAKING THE HOUSING CRISIS WORSE

Only 20% of new homes to be built on recently sold public land will be classified as ‘affordable’.


Save public land | New Economics Foundation
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