UK government criticised for having a short term approach to new home building

The wave of new home building in the UK could harm the longer term housing market as sustainability, design, quality and planning risk being pushed aside in the rush to build new properties, it is claimed. A new report from the House of Lords Built Environment Select Committee Report outlines concerns that the short term approach to building new homes is being carried out at the expense of long term considerations, and criticises the removal of initiatives such as zero carbon homes. It points ou...