"In the next few years, spades could be in the ground for a city made of wood, in the middle of the largest new nature reserve created in England in decades, with four-bedroom homes on sale for 350,000. It sounds too good to be true, but a cross-party coalition of campaigners is trying to make a forest city to house a million people a reality, with construction commencing by the end of this parliament."
"Shiv Malik, author, investor and former Guardian journalist, came up with the audacious scheme. He spent recent years writing about the rough deal millennials have in terms of housing and debt, and the fact it is incredibly difficult to build a life as previous generations did. Now he is trying to turn his ideas into reality. Shiv Malik says building in this way would provide a huge net gain for nature."
A proposal aims to create a timber-built forest city within the largest new nature reserve in England in decades, offering four-bedroom homes priced around 350,000. The plan targets housing for one million people and seeks to begin construction by the end of the current parliament. The development would include new rail links, schools and hospitals and be overseen by an Albion City Development Corporation. Supporters span the political spectrum and include nature campaigners and rightwing thinktank leaders. The proposal claims a substantial net gain for nature, while ministers face criticism for housing legislation said to threaten thousands of nature sites.
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