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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Councils should be incentivised by government, undoubtedly through general taxation, to construct social/council housing particularly on their brownfield sites but obviously not restricted in this way. Targets should be set and that would include dealing with homelessness (UK residents, of course).
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This is an idea that has been mentioned many times as well as making it easier to buy up these brownfield sites and/or confiscate land from developers who aren't using it.
But there is a disincentive for Governments to dramatically increase supply.