Funding switch
Will the chancellor’s bid to halt the decline in owner-occupation work? The Autumn Statement’s extra investment for housing towards the end of this parliament is very good news. We could never hope to address our national supply crisis without government action. But the way it will be configured means a massive boost to homeownership, apparently […]
Budget borrowing blow for housing
Councils need to ‘keep calm and carry on’ despite the chancellor’s threat yesterday to re-examine how much local government is allowed to borrow for housing. Tucked away in the Budget red book published yesterday was a worrying mention of the effects on public borrowing of council housing finance reform.
John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua where he works on