For the Liberal Democrats, Ross Finnie insisted a sustainable model for Scotland's housing strategy was required and a much changed housingstructure must reflect the impact of the recession.
Disruptions and revolutions are quick and often violent, but I wonder if structurally what happens in these situations is the spontaneous replacement of an old central structure (the shaft) with a new exoskeleton (the housing of the engine itself) that can contain an energetic process of a higher order than the old structure could metabolize.
To compete with the profit-making companies for properties, the housing advocates are combining the benefits of their nonprofit structure with the financial flexibility that comes from operating a REIT.
Attia's creation is what he calls the Roundhouse, a modular window-wrapped structure that's supposed to make up for the bad name prefab housing has gotten over the years.
We are designing this to be flexible so that the long-term ownership structure can be adjusted to meet the goals and direction that policymakers may set forth for housing finance reform.