The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the Housing Green Paper, which sets out the Government's proposals to increase the supply of housing by three million homes by 2020.

The Housing Green Paper is 128 pages long. This update is not intended to summarise every proposal and announcement made. If detailed knowledge of the Housing Green Paper is required, the document should be read, together with the other associated documents published at the same time (see Legal update, Government publishes Housing Green Paper and related documents).

This update is intended to give a broad overview of the Housing Green Paper, which is important, as it sets out policies and proposals and introduces new terminology that will be referred to and built on throughout the next thirteen and more years.

Note that Housing Green Paper contains proposals on alternative approaches to Planning Gain Supplement. These are reported on in detail in this update.