New standard housing need method ‘a highly regressive lurch backwards’, warns developer body

An industry body representing land promoters and developers says the government's new standard method of assessing housing need is "a highly regressive lurch backwards" and claims that ministers have "betrayed a generation of young people” by backtracking on their original proposals.

by Gavin McEwan
LPDF chairman Paul Brocklehurst. Image: LPDF
LPDF chairman Paul Brocklehurst. Image: LPDF

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