Responding to the second round of the Government’s public consultation on eco-towns which opens today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Everyone in the UK should be able to afford decent housing, but for many people renting a good quality flat or owning their own home remains a distant dream. We therefore welcome the Government’s plans to build five new eco-towns. More good quality, environmentally-friendly homes must be built and quickly. We need to get the housing market moving again during the economic down turn, and develop new skills to make construction environmentally friendly.”

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30 October 2008
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