Raising the Roof : How to Solve the United Kingdom's Housing Crisis.

Intro -- _Hlk11221412 -- _Hlk11221475 -- _Hlk11221506 -- _Hlk14782923 -- _Hlk14966747 -- _Hlk11323564 -- page3 -- page4 -- page5 -- page6 -- page7 -- page8 -- page9 -- page10 -- page11 -- _GoBack -- Figure 1 House prices in real terms, 1970-2012 (1970 = 100) -- Figure 2 Proportion of the population receiving financial support for housing costs (housing benefit or equivalent), 2009 (per cent) -- Figure 3 Gross and net change in dwellings (as a percentage of the existing dwelling stock), England and Wales (1801-2016) -- Figure 4 Tax share of the local and regional levels as a proportion of total tax revenue (per cent) -- Figure 5 An example map of a green belt location -- Figure 6 Green belt land in the London Borough of Redbridge -- Figure 7 Examples of poorly selected green belt land -- Figure 8 General structure of the planning system -- Figure 9 Annual dividends for the top five housebuilders as a share of profits -- The Richard Koch Breakthrough Prize -- About the authors -- Figures -- PART ONE -- Raising the Roof -- 1 Raising the roof -- Jacob Rees-Mogg and Radomir Tylecote -- Summary -- Introduction -- Causes: how we tied the Gordian Knot -- Solutions -- The beauty of freedom -- Appendix: Outline of the current planning system -- References -- PART TWO -- The Essays -- 2 The Land Purchase Act -- Ben Clements -- Summary -- Introduction -- The problem stated -- Free markets thwarted -- The Land Purchase Act -- How it works -- Economic benefits -- Towards free-market housing -- References -- 3 Presumed permission: a self-build framework for local development rights -- Stephen Ashmead -- Summary -- Introduction -- Why do we have a housing crisis? -- Reinvigorating self-build through community-designed Local Development Rights -- A new role for the local planner -- The wider-reaching benefits of a presumed permission self-build framework.

References -- 4 Simplified Planning Zones and the realignment of fiscal incentives -- Daniel Pycock and Charles Shaw -- Summary -- The current state of the housing market -- How the planning system works -- Other problems with the housing market -- Suggested policy response -- References -- 5 Planning to the people: how a system of transferable development rights could replace the green belt -- Thomas Schaffner -- Summary -- What is the housing crisis? -- The green belt -- Framing the dilemma -- A market-based solution: 'transferable development rights' -- A replacement for the green belt? -- Potential criticisms -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Taking on established interests: a new approach to land to solve the housing shortage -- William Watts and Luke McWatters -- Summary -- The problem of UK land use -- Re-evaluation of green belt designated land -- Reforming the system of planning -- The removal of agricultural subsidies -- Political considerations -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Localism 2.0 reform -- Gintas Vilkelis -- Summary -- The problem -- The policy vision -- Increasing the number of houses built and the proportion of property owners -- Why reform would be possible -- 8 A supply-side answer to the housing crisis: false impressions and true solutions -- Calvin Chan -- Summary -- Introduction -- The causes of the current crisis -- The wrong kind of solution -- The right kind of solution -- Conclusion -- References -- A note on the longlist -- About the IEA -- Blank Page.

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