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Opinion: Housing needs fresh thinking and new business models
Price inflation in housing is not just a British event, and needs a response that both diversifies home building and tackles financialisation of property, writes Tim Williams.
Opinion: Look to leisure to help drive levelling up
£3 billion worth of investment is being poured into the leisure sector and it is contributing to town centre regeneration and the levelling up agenda, writes Stephen Collis.
Opinion: Built environment leaders need to sign up to net zero
By adopting the zero carbon ambition, leaders can give the UK government leverage to make a success of negotiations at November's United Nations climate change conference, COP26, writes Chris Brown.
Opinion: Covid has made levelling up harder
Covid-19 has widened not only the health gap between north and south, but also the economic gap, writes Tim Williams.
Opinion: We need a strategic approach to bringing homes to the high street
As retail declines and the introduction of permitted development rights changes our high streets and town centres, Anna Kiho makes the case for community.
Opinion: Where government's focus on design quality could fall short
The government's new guidance around the design of new homes and neighbourhoods gives advice but won't necessarily drive better design quality, writes Joey Gardiner.
Opinion: Facing up to the hard choices of climate change
The global climate change predictions set out by scientists mean the only significant uncertainty is the speed and scale of our response, writes Chris Brown.
Opinion: It's time to think radically
After the prime minister's levelling up speech and ahead of the government's white paper on the issue, Nigel Wilcock looks at where focus is needed to address regional inequality.
Opinion: Balancing homes and jobs to level up
In some parts of Britain there are too many homes and not enough jobs, and in others too many jobs and not enough homes, writes Tim Williams.
Opinion: Working in the areas of the country that need us most
Two recent reports looking at different aspects of deprivation provide pointers for placemakers, writes Chris Brown.
Opinion: Transport is the route to urban revival
There is an opportunity to shape and integrate time-worn urban centres with transport projects, writes Colin Bennie.
Opinion: What levelling up can learn from east London
The experiences that helped shape the regeneration of Barking and Dagenham should guide current efforts to level up, says Tim Williams.
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