Current government housing policy makes building communities that help residents lead healthy and fulfilling lives “difficult to achieve”, a new report claims.

Dealing with the country’s housing crisis should be “much more than just a numbers game”, argued Housing for a fairer society, written by the Town and Country Planning Association and published by the Association for Public Service Excellence.

Instead the response should be about “the creation of communities which enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals and creating opportunities for fulfilling and productive lives”, the report said. Government policy in England had “made this vital objective much more difficult to achieve”, it added.

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