Self-builders need some encouragement…
I occasionally ‘page’ through the ecologist website and came this article that piqued my interest:
We need a citizens’ housing revolution
Whilst a little short on content the sentiment - that the development of new housing can be partially entrusted to self-builders who should be ‘helped to create vital, sustainable communities’ - is one that I totally agree with. As ever, the public sector seem to be one of the main barriers to this (at least according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation) - the empowered enablers acting to disable the self-builder and retain control.
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