Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that some of the country’s most run-down housing estates will be replaced with attractive and safe homes.
- country’s worst housing estates to be removed and replaced with safe and attractive homes for residents
- comprehensive approach to estate regeneration to be created
- new £140 million fund to jump-start regeneration projects
- Prime Minister: Time to end ‘decades of neglect’ to aid social reform
RIBA President Jane Duncan said:
“We welcome the Government’s decision to look at improving the built environment in the most deprived communities in our country. We believe passionately that everyone has a right to enjoy and benefit from well-designed architecture. These community improvements, however, can’t come at the expense of existing residents and see further reductions in the number of social rented homes at a time where there is already a desperate shortage.”
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Posted on Monday 11th January 2016
