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open regarding a registration system so local authorities can monitor the quality and number of short holiday lets. On the subject of affordable housing,


Kelvin commented that the Government seems to think it can ‘build itself out’ of the situation but we’ll never be able to build enough housing to make house prices fall. Instead, other interventions need to be made such as restricting buy- to-let mortgages.


Bringing the discussion to a close, Ed asked the panel for a short response to the question ‘do you believe Brighton and Hove’s housing target can be delivered?’: • Kelvin MacDonald: “No, the targets aren’t achievable.”


• Liz Hobden: “In theory we could deliver the 660 home target but the recession, Brexit and Covid etc haven’t helped, so our shortfall keeps getting rolled forward. The answer has to lie in a more strategic approach to housing across a number of authorities.” • Peter Foster: “Not achievable in the current political situation.” • Will Poole-Wilson: “We’ll struggle to achieve it, maybe we should create a competition to architects to come up with solutions?”


with restrictions put in place, especially as many are apparently only let once a week. Liz explained that several council


CEOs from around the country, including BHCC’s Geoff Raw, had written to the Government about this and a proposal is


Flo Powell is joint managing director of Midnight Communications


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