In areas of Britain where there are empty houses, planners typically allocate less land for development and make it more difficult to build or adapt houses. Research by Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber and Hans Koster exposes the unintended and undesirable consequences of additional local restrictions, including more, not fewer, empty homes and longer commutes.

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1 March 2018     Paper Number CEPCP525

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Urban programme, Neighbourhoods programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Housing