DEVOLUTION IS KEY
Councils are well positioned to kick-start a housing revolution. Government must empower them
DAVID RENARD HOUSING SPOKESMAN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Councils are committed to working with this new government to tackle the national housing shortage. We’ve been quietly getting on with the job by trying to build the homes our communities need, but there is still much to do.
The Local Government Association, which represents councils across the country, has long called on successive governments to reform the Right to Buy scheme, scrap permitted development rights and put in place the funding and reforms needed to end homelessness.
Councils are keen to take on their share of responsibility for building new homes, but we cannot do it without the powers to spark a genuine renaissance in council housebuilding at scale.