Ben Southwood quoted on brownfield plots in City AM

The Adam Smith Institute's Head of Policy, Ben Southwood, was quoted in City Am, arguing that "going after brownfield plots is somewhat of a red herring." Read the article here.

"But going after brownfield plots is somewhat of a red herring, says the Adam Smith Institute's head of policy, Ben Southwood: "Brownfields are a strange obsession - very unlikely to actually provide enough space to actually make a dent in the housing crisis, but often of much higher environmental value than the greenfield sites we are supposed to protect."