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SUMMARY:Looking into the future:  How many homes do we need and what happe
 ns if we do not build them? - Neil McDonald\, Visiting Fellow - Dept of La
 nd Eocnomy
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CONTACT:Joanna Laver
DESCRIPTION:How many homes we need over the next 20 years is a highly cont
 entious political issue and a major headache for local authorities who are
  required by the new planning system to decide their area’s “objective
 ly assessed needs”. The presentation will discuss the drivers of househo
 ld growth and the challenges of estimating the future demand for housing a
 t the local authority level after the economic downturn and a sustained pe
 riod high house prices.  The consequence of past and possible future under
 supply of housing will also be discussed.\n\nCurrently a Visiting Fellow a
 t the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research and an adviser to
  a number of local authorities on housing supply issues\, Neil was until 2
 011 a Director at the Department for Communities and Local Government.   H
 is DCLG roles included a period as Chief Executive of the National Housing
  and Planning Advice Unit as well stints as Director of Housing and Direct
 or of Planning Policy.  He career has included over 30 years’ working as
  a policy civil servant in the transport\, housing and planning fields as 
 well as practical ‘hands on’ experience helping local authorities grap
 ple with the twin challenges of the new planning regime and making sense o
 f official population and household projections to arrive at a view on how
  many homes should be built in their areas.\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 7
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