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Summon the courage to free our Cities

Tuesday 16th October, 2012

How can the UK build its way out of the hole left by the collapse of major banks? Dr Nicholas Falk recently wrote an article for the Fabian Society; Summon the courage to free our cities.  This draws on a range of URBED research and study tours to European cities to suggest the answer lies in issuing municipal bonds to get sites ready for house-builders large and small.  Read the article here

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