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Brandon Lewis, a housing minister, said the government would reflect on some of the concerns put forward in the debate but was committed to the starter homes policy.
The zero carbon homes policy was first announced in 2006 by the then-chancellor Gordon Brown, who said Britain was the first country to make such a commitment.
Under a draft of the "200-year homes" policy, national, regional and municipal property taxes may be reduced by between 25% and 75% for up to seven years for houses that adhere to robust building standards.
However, both regulations were axed by the government on Friday, in a move Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, said was "the death knell" for the zero carbon homes policy.
The zero carbon homes policy aimed to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from housing, which currently make up nearly a third of all the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, a figure which could rise to 55% by 2050.
This homes policy is not perfect (how often do you see a government policy that is?) but, as a rare example of a government taking a longer view than just the next electoral cycle and setting a target that actually reflects the scale of the problem, it deserves to be supported.
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