Local Government
A community-driven response to the housing crisis
Another day, another story bemoaning Britain’s housing crisis: soaring prices; smaller dwellings; a decline in house building relative to population growth. Let’s not forget the nearly 2 million people on the waiting list for social housing stock shortage fill the headlines, a potential solution lies in wait.
Utopias that work: How to create tomorrow’s garden city
An aerial vision of how Oxford might grow according to Urbed’s Garden City vision
Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, Urbed’s Nicholas Falk talks through his winning entry and urges new garden cities to capture the ‘common wealth’ for local good
Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, Urbed’s Nicholas Falk talks through his winning entry and urges new garden cities to capture the ‘common wealth’ for local good
A conference in Letchworth Garden City, like the event on Common Good Placemaking held in early September, inevitably creates a positive feeling that through common or shared efforts anything is possible. Yet the reality of Letchworth, and subsequent failed attempts, is that good intentions are not enough to create a utopia in a market driven world.
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