The man in charge of housing in Bristol has admitted he has ‘very little power or control’ over getting developers to include much-needed affordable homes in large-scale developments.
Cllr Tom Renhard has told Bristol Live about the challenges of getting developers to include homes for people on the 16,000-long council house waiting list.
As Bristol City Council announces a £1.8 billion project to build thousands of new council houses on its own land, the cabinet member for housing said he was hamstrung by planning policy - or lack of it - as well as the higher costs of the council’s desire to see development happen first on brownfield sites.
