TY - BOOK AU - Merrett,A.J. AU - Sykes,Allen TI - Housing finance and development: an analysis and a programme for reform AV - HD7333.A3 M4 U1 - 301.540942 PY - 1965/// CY - London PB - Longmans KW - Housing KW - Housing--Finance KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - This study consists of two parts: a discussion of the housing situation in Britain followed by suggestions for reform. The book begins with a short history of British housing policy from the nineteenth century to the 1965.Having outlined the anomalies of the existing situation, the authors then specify remedies. They suggest a number of tax and mortgage-lending reforms that would enable prospective house purchasers to obtain larger loans and consequently to buy more expensive houses. ER -