The idea was that a lot of people can't afford a house -let's all get together and pool our money -in a Building Society or Saving and Loan Association -and then we'll loan out to some of us to buy the house.

当初的想法是,很多人都买不起房子,那我们就把钱凑在一起,放到一个建房互助协会或储贷协会里,然后向我们中那些要买房的人发放贷款

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"Whether you are buying a house or building a factory, you want a level of comfort about what can be built on your doorstep, " says Richard Blythe, head of policy at the Royal Town Planning Institute.

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And whether you stay in a tiny house permanently or end up building, you've got a perfect guest cottage that you can share with friends, family, sell or rent out.

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So, standby for a boost to house-building or, rather, yet another government attempt to stimulate the construction sector, which shrank by almost 8% last year.

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