<b></b><p></p><p>Well, would you believe it? National newspapers in Britain are calling for more new homes to be built and even suggesting that we might have to consider greenfield sites to find the land to tackle the housing crisis.</p><p>What a shift in attitude from the time of the Countryside March in 1997 when any suggestion of building new homes was met by the accusation that housebuilders were determined to &amp;“concrete over the countryside&amp;”. </p><p>Even the TV companies have discovered that there is a story to be told in the fact that in many areas of the country local people can no longer afford to buy a house in their own town, while any attempt to build new properties in the same area is blocked by comfortable &amp;“I&amp;’m alright, Jack&amp;” nimbys (<i>The Money Programme</i>, March 20). </p><p>I believe the wide dissemination of the &amp;“lowest housebuilding rate since 1924&amp;” story prompted the change in attitude, a credit to our own John Stewart&amp;’s industry analysis. </p><p>That statistic struck a chord with several industry commentators, resulting in a more considered view of the UK housing market.</p><p>With the Joseph Rowntree Foundation joining the cause (see lead story on this page), all we need now are policies …