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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Vicky Shaw

Is action to help families ‘right size’ the way to boost housing supply?

An estimated 3.8 million homes in England and Wales could help free up extra housing capacity by motivating households to “right size” to more suitable properties, according to a major bank.

Barclays argued that certain incentives could encourage people who are under-occupying homes to move and help to unlock capacity in the housing market.

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