Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20150526 | The UK has a serious shortage of affordable homes. Lesley Curwen asks whether the current system - where councils do deals with developers to provide cheaper homes - is working.
Lesley examines three case studies - the huge redevelopment schemes at Earl's Court and on the Greenwich Peninsula, as well as a development in rural Suffolk. She asks whether developers are being allowed to duck their obligations to provide affordable homes as a condition of planning permission. Are councils too under-resourced and under-skilled to negotiate with large development companies?
And what of the commuted sum - where developers pay a fee in lieu of providing affordable housing? How is that working?
Lesley hears from New York where the new mayor has instituted a system that spells out what the city needs and wants, cutting the necessity for protracted negotiation.
Produced by Susan Marling
Lesley Curwen investigates the ways councils negotiate affordable housing with developers. | |
| 20150526 | 20150531 (R4) | The UK has a serious shortage of affordable homes. Lesley Curwen asks whether the current system - where councils do deals with developers to provide cheaper homes - is working.
Lesley examines three case studies - the huge redevelopment schemes at Earl's Court and on the Greenwich Peninsula, as well as a development in rural Suffolk. She asks whether developers are being allowed to duck their obligations to provide affordable homes as a condition of planning permission. Are councils too under-resourced and under-skilled to negotiate with large development companies?
And what of the commuted sum - where developers pay a fee in lieu of providing affordable housing? How is that working?
Lesley hears from New York where the new mayor has instituted a system that spells out what the city needs and wants, cutting the necessity for protracted negotiation.
Produced by Susan Marling
Lesley Curwen investigates the ways councils negotiate affordable housing with developers. |