Radical Solution to Housing Supply Crisis

Homelessness
and policy

Table of Contents
Topic: radical solution to housing supply crisis .............................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................3

Topic: radical solution to housing supply crisis
INTRODUCTION
Homelessness is defined as living in housing which is below the minimum standard or
lacks secure tenure (Manzi, 2018). People can be categorized as homeless if they are: living on
the streets , moving between temporary shelters, including houses of friends, family and
emergency accommodation, living in private boarding houses without a private bathroom and/or
security of tenure. There are several person who become homeless such as being evicted by
landlords, health problems, losing job and many more. This report is based on article “radical
solution to the housing supply crisis.”
LITERATURE REVIEW
As per the view point of Bowie.D, he had taken long view on housing supply crisis by
looking back to the government inadequate policies which are persuading over several decades.
In addition to this, he had seen ideological continuities within policies since 1970 but Bowie
reserves his particular ire for present policies of government which contained in 2016 housing
and planning Act (Radical solutions to the housing supply crisis, 2017). He critics government
because they are giving over riding priorities for promotion of home ownership on the expenses
of broader as well as deeper housing strategy (Gallent, 2019). Even fixation with home
ownership has failed in last dozen of years as ownership of home get decline but this has brought
about little apparent change in thinking.
In addition to this, Bowie Criticises government approaches related to planning system
for making private capital more powerful as well as public sector weaker and more reactive.
Along with this, he argued that localism is not able to deliver social justice. As well, it has been
traced by him that affordability is growing abuse it has become Orwellian level within last week.
Book of Bowie's is interested in reading as it is full of policy scrutiny but his book come alive
when he move towards for making passionate case for entire new strategy. These strategies are
based on historical analysis as well as Bowie make cases for much large number of new homes.
This had strong emphasis on homes which are genuinely affordable. Apart from this, in long
term, from last thirty years funding get switched from personal subsidies to investment subsidies,
which providing houses that are affordable genuinely (Groenfeldt, 2019). Instead of counting
anything that are in slightest sub-market, as the White Paper does as well as Bowie gives reverts
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