ABSTRACT
Earlier chapters have argued that present forms ofhousing provision are increasingly unable to satisfy basic housing needs without generating unreasonably high housing costs. Moreover, they impose poor employment and working conditions on build ing workers. And, furthermore, the physical built environment generated is one ofpoorly planned urban sprawl, inadequate building design and standards and increasing urban decay. None of these characteristics is inevitable; instead they are products of the social organization of housing provision. The only way to change them, therefore, is to change the social relations involved. This chapter puts forward proposals for what are felt to be viable and feasible reforms.
