2 weeks into office, Gordon Brown has announced plans for a number of reforms to streamline planning, expand social housing programs, and develop 3 million new homes by 2020.
"Gordon Brown announced plans to tackle Britain's chronic shortage of affordable housing today with a pledge to build three million new homes by 2020."
"The Government would make this possible by releasing 550 publicly-owned brownfield sites owned by arms of central Government such as the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, he added.
In a second move on homes, Mr Brown promised a Housing Bill to create an agency charged with delivering more social housing, bringing public land back into use for house-building, and supporting regeneration.
In addition, a Planning Bill would be put in place to speed up the planning system, which has been criticised for being too slow."
FULL STORY: Brown pledges three million new homes by 2020
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