UK Housing Policy: What can we do to produce an holistic housing policy?

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<p>The group discusses innovations in funding and how institutions are valuing there returns on property investments.<br /> Adrian Cooper of Team Limited reveals how there are constant barriers to home production through beauracratic<br /> inability to comprehend innovation. he goes on to give the opinion that the people who are advising government are <br /> using a different business model to the one needed in the post credit crunch environment.</p> <p>Adrian reports the interest of a large fund that is prepared to invest in private rented stock in London &ndash; they are looking for a return simply on the rental stream over a 25 year lease &ndash; they do not want a return on rising land values arising from land speculation &ndash; the bureaucratic response is &lsquo;where&rsquo;s the catch?&rsquo; &ndash; Adrian sees that there is no catch &ndash; he simply wants to make thousands of homes and the financer wants to get a return from their rental flow &ndash; neither want the land coming into the equation &ndash; but officialdom cannot grasp this new business model</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> <p>Z2K Housing Review April 2009 Issue One: <a href="http://news.humanrightstv.com/z2k-housing-review-april-2009" target="_blank">Contents</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>