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...The way to make housing targets palatable to communities is to give them a say in the design and location of new housing....
...Data from the Resolution Foundation think-tank showed a lack of new construction and the lagging modernisation of older homes has left the UK with the worst-value housing of any advanced economy....
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...The Competition and Markets Authority said that historically the 300,000 target had only been met when councils were providing a “significant supply” of new housing....
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...Financial secretary Paul Chan announced the moves as part of the city’s annual budget on Wednesday....
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...Levelling up secretary Michael Gove told the Times that local authorities would have three months to put in place plans to meet their housing needs....
...Shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook told the Financial Times last December that Labour also wanted to hand local communities new powers to combat “excessive concentrations” of second homes or holiday...
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...One housing department official said: “The secretary of state has been clear he prefers peppercorn in interviews and in parliament....
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