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Housing supply

The Government says it wants a very large increase in the building of new homes, from current levels of around 180,000 a year in England (2006/7) to 240,000 a year – a total of 3 million new homes by 2020.

The problem
Such a huge increase in housebuilding could sharply raise the rate at which countryside is built on and add to the environmental damage associated with housebuilding — more climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, increased road traffic and congestion, more strain on water sources, increased quarrying in the countryside.

CPRE's approach
  • Create more affordable housing
  • Better use of derelict or underused 'brownfield' land
  • More efficient use of land
  • Encourage urban regeneration
  • Lowering the speculative demand for housing

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