“Over the next decade around half a million homes will be built on redeveloped ex-industrial sites that could pose risks to homeowners and their homes.” The claim is made in a new report from home insurer, LV=, which reveals that brownfield land earmarked for the building of 500,000 homes, is potentially at risk of flooding [...]
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Shortfall in English homes to hit 750,000
England faces a shortfall of 750,000 homes by 2025, a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) claims.
Analysis of official government projections show that if the economy bounces back, the gap between supply and demand could be equivalent to the entire housing demand of the populations of Birmingham, Liverpool and Newcastle [...]
