The pursuit of happiness
Published 18 June 2009
Housing associations’ responsibility doesn’t end when new homes are built. They must also look after the public spaces, says Kevin McCloud
How should new communities look? One thing that has always struck me as odd is how often council housing has been built on the fringes of towns – where development ends.
Government pressure to build more social housing when there is little private housing development going on is dangerous. We are risking building ghettos of social housing on the edges of towns, which will harm social integration.
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