Architects won’t solve the housing crisis by design alone because the numbers simply don’t stack up, Peabody’s former development director has said.

The problems the country faces are structural, said Claire Bennie, so the only way to tackle them is by campaigning for land use reform or even for a spatial strategy.

Speaking at a debate on affordable housing – the latest in the Negroni Talks series run by architects Fourth Space which also featured ZHA director Patrik Schumacher – she said some form of subsidy was required.

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