UK Housing Policy: An Interview with Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill on Community Land Trusts 07

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<p>Stephen discusses Community Land Trusts and how they work. Here we have an expert view on a very complex issue. What of Community Land Trusts (CLTs)? &ndash; is this a way of squeezing out land price speculation and&nbsp; keeping the value uplift in public/community hands &ndash; it is one way to help produce genuinely affordable housing &ndash; and using a principle which should be much more widespread &ndash; it is the local authority&rsquo;s legal duty to ensure that housing really is locally affordable (see part 2 of &lsquo;No Place Like Home&rsquo;) &ndash; not that this happens!</p> <p>&nbsp;Z2K Housing Review April 2009 Issue One: <a href="http://news.humanrightstv.com/z2k-housing-review-april-2009" target="_blank">Contents</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://news.humanrightstv.com/z2k-2009-budget-response">See the Z2K Response to the 2009 UK Budget</a></p>