"How we deal with future planning in relation to housing and the green belt and how the government incentivises local authorities...to what aspect they include woodland...that is absolutely crucial, " he said.
By this they meant a free-for-all for housing projects which would threaten our precious Green Belt areas.
What if, says Ismail (who incidentally was wearing a 3D printed belt) you combined 3D printing, robots and the housing industry?
During Labour's time in office, then-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott faced regular complaints that his housing plans were a threat to the green belt.
It could also consider providing stronger support for the housing market, which outside of the London commuter belt remains highly depressed.
Finally we can expect immigrants, particularly from Asia, to continue to seek out housing bargains and new opportunities primarily in the Sun Belt states, as our recent study of changing Asian settlement patterns revealed.
In the Sun Belt, a surge in population in recent years drove up housing prices, which fell dramatically when the housing market slowed--leaving subprime borrowers in the lurch when they try to refinance before the "teaser rates" expire on their adjustable-rate mortgages.
In the Rust Belt, the loss of manufacturing jobs has slowed economic growth and with it the housing market.
The council's housing proposals for the next 15 years had avoided building on the green belt - although some greenfield sites had been identified.
Its green belt, which restricts building in countryside close to the city, is strangling industrial and housing development.
Certainly sustained economic growth, low density and more affordable housing all clearly continue to push the center of population gravity toward certain Sun Belt cities, primarily in the Southeast and Texas.
The housing bust and the recession have slowed migration to fast-growing states in the Sun Belt and the West.
Mr Cowen feels the heat of public anger not only because of his government's belt-tightening but because he is widely perceived to have failed to curb the excesses of Ireland's housing-led economic boom during his tenure as finance minister, between 2004 and 2008.
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