Could car parks solve the housing crisis?

Property company suggests 10,500 car parks could make way for 400,000 new homes

A property services company says it has identified around 10,500 car parks in the UK’s towns and cities that could be developed to accommodate over 350,000 homes, enough to house around one million people.

“Over the past 15 years several crucial demographic changes have begun to take hold which are having a dramatic impact on the adequate provision of housing in the UK,” said Nick Whitten, JLL’s director of UK research.

“A trend towards urban living has...

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