Summary Report of a Think Tank on Low Demand forHousing

This report summarises the key issues that arose and pulls together the actions proposed byleading experts at different levels, from the poorest neighbourhoods up to central government.There was no proposed or agreed single line of action; rather there were multiple strands ofthinking that, woven together, present a patchwork quilt of remedies that are being piecedtogether, and that may succeed in reversing a highly damaging pattern of decline.The idea of “Sustainable Communities” implies a real commitment to making existingneighbourhoods last, helping create a sense of belonging, respecting environmental, social andeconomic limits to development, focusing on higher density, brown field, compact, mixed useregeneration.This report and draft action plan pull together the themes and debates that invigorated theworkshop and that will enliven the delivery of a most ambitious commitment to reversinghousing market failure.[...]