The Toxic Triangle of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Housebuilding: A Review of the UK Housing Industry's Dilemma

Thurairajah, Niraj, Rathnasinghe, Akila, Brough, Jonathan and Jayathilaka, Nigamuni (2022) The Toxic Triangle of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Housebuilding: A Review of the UK Housing Industry's Dilemma. In: Proceedings of the 38th Annual ARCOM Conference. ARCOM, pp. 379-388.

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Abstract

The UK housing industry is currently facing a crisis owing to housing shortages. Nonetheless, the continued housing shortage has brought much public scrutiny towards the government's over-reliance on volume housebuilders and policy constraints on small and medium-sized housebuilders (SMEs). This study therefore identified the key barriers that currently limit the shared burden of housing delivery by SMEs and the state-of-the-art in related government policies. An integrative literature review on government and scholarly publications revealed that the role of UK SMEs has been diminished due to deep-rooted policy barriers on supply. The current planning system, access to finance and viable land availability were diagnosed as a

Item Type: Book Section
Additional Information: The 38th Annual ARCOM Conference 2022: Build Back Wiser 5/09/22 → 7/09/22 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Uncontrolled Keywords: Housing Policy, Toxic Triangle, House builders, SMEs, Constraints
Subjects: K100 Architecture
K400 Planning (Urban, Rural and Regional)
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 26 Oct 2022 10:33
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2022 10:45
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/50461

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