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	For more information on the BPF see [http://www.bpf.org.uk/ here].		For more information on the BPF see [http://www.bpf.org.uk/ here].

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	* Affordable housing.		* Affordable housing.
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	* Interview with FMB.		* Interview with FMB.
	* Interview with Julie Hirigoyen, UK-GBC.		* Interview with Julie Hirigoyen, UK-GBC.
		+	* Interview with Kevin Borg, founder of KJB Building Consultants.
	* Interview with Labour's Shadow Housing Minister.		* Interview with Labour's Shadow Housing Minister.
	* Interview with Mark Farmer.		* Interview with Mark Farmer.

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	Both food & drink and real estate are sectors that are absolutely central to the quality of our lives, as well as being important for economic success. Commercial real estate contributes about £95 billion each year, but there’s also the ‘value-add’ of creating infrastructure which enables us to be more productive, as well as creating great places where people work, live and play, and the contribution that can make in terms of social cohesion.		Both food & drink and real estate are sectors that are absolutely central to the quality of our lives, as well as being important for economic success. Commercial real estate contributes about £95 billion each year, but there’s also the ‘value-add’ of creating infrastructure which enables us to be more productive, as well as creating great places where people work, live and play, and the contribution that can make in terms of social cohesion.
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	Finally, you can deliver rental accommodation more quickly than houses to buy, so if you want to tackle the housing shortage - driving early implementation of housing, bringing in new investment and delivering more quickly, seems to us to be a win-win situation for the government.		Finally, you can deliver rental accommodation more quickly than houses to buy, so if you want to tackle the housing shortage - driving early implementation of housing, bringing in new investment and delivering more quickly, seems to us to be a win-win situation for the government.
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	I think the 3% stamp duty surcharge is at the top of the list in terms of things that have dampened rather than helped to stimulate investment, so the government should really think about reversing that.		I think the 3% stamp duty surcharge is at the top of the list in terms of things that have dampened rather than helped to stimulate investment, so the government should really think about reversing that.
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	I think we’re getting the message across that rental is an important part of the solution. We’re working very closely with the Housing Minister and the government to work out the best way in which they can stimulate that investment.		I think we’re getting the message across that rental is an important part of the solution. We’re working very closely with the Housing Minister and the government to work out the best way in which they can stimulate that investment.
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	ML: Most large scale Build to Rent landlords don’t actually charge fees so I don’t think we, on their behalf, will be particularly concerned about that. But it will be interesting to see and work through the details because there will be costs bound up that need to be met somewhere along the line. But in principle, I don’t think we’re too concerned about it.		ML: Most large scale Build to Rent landlords don’t actually charge fees so I don’t think we, on their behalf, will be particularly concerned about that. But it will be interesting to see and work through the details because there will be costs bound up that need to be met somewhere along the line. But in principle, I don’t think we’re too concerned about it.
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	I don’t think we have an informed view yet about what the implications are. The early adopters have driven good practice and it works for them, but I think we’re some way from being able to say there is confidence and that those issues have been resolved in a way that will drive through general adoption at this stage. That’s not to say though that it isn’t an objective to aim for.		I don’t think we have an informed view yet about what the implications are. The early adopters have driven good practice and it works for them, but I think we’re some way from being able to say there is confidence and that those issues have been resolved in a way that will drive through general adoption at this stage. That’s not to say though that it isn’t an objective to aim for.
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	If you look at the logistics sector, even accommodation, healthcare, housing; there is a lot less potential impact because we will still need to house people, still have an ageing population that will need to be cared for, etc. So it’s quite hard to know at this stage whether the impacts that we’re seeing in certain parts of the market are more than just current uncertainty.		If you look at the logistics sector, even accommodation, healthcare, housing; there is a lot less potential impact because we will still need to house people, still have an ageing population that will need to be cared for, etc. So it’s quite hard to know at this stage whether the impacts that we’re seeing in certain parts of the market are more than just current uncertainty.
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	ML: Really interesting actually. The idea of finding more innovative ways of public-private partnership will be key to a lot of the regeneration and investment that will need to go into towns and cities across the country. Anything that can be done, any new thinking around trying to make that easier for the public, as well as the private, sector is important and encouraging.		ML: Really interesting actually. The idea of finding more innovative ways of public-private partnership will be key to a lot of the regeneration and investment that will need to go into towns and cities across the country. Anything that can be done, any new thinking around trying to make that easier for the public, as well as the private, sector is important and encouraging.
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	* Interview with Carol Lynch, CYT.		* Interview with Carol Lynch, CYT.
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	* Interview with FMB.		* Interview with FMB.
	* Interview with Julie Hirigoyen, UK-GBC.		* Interview with Julie Hirigoyen, UK-GBC.

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	* Interview with Labour's Shadow Housing Minister.		* Interview with Labour's Shadow Housing Minister.
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