Isn't it incredible, 18 years later, they're still unable to produce one!
Sorry but £60,000 plus a big subsidy paid for tax-payers is not what I call affordable!
When you consider how many people in the world need an affordable home, how can the powers-that-be argue that investment in the development of new-style homes is not commercially viable?
We've got young kids out there, on the streets, doing crime and drugs, our prison are over-flowing- people are DYING... yet society still fails to openly acknowledge the reason.
What do you think is holding back development?
What can we do to overcome the lack of interest shown by everyone about this very important issue?
2007-09-02 08:02:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
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2007-09-02 08:03:12 · update #1
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2007-09-02 08:16:20 · update #2
Hitler made affordable cars for the people. They were called "Volkswagens". Now we need Volksflats and Volkscottages.
2007-09-03 03:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is holding back development is everyone realises that developing new builds too quickly will lead either to a price crash or a lot of empty houses. I could accept a price crash if I was buying. But the greedy sods want to price us ordinary folk out of the market. The days of the traditional mortgage as a way of raising the capital to buy a house are numbered, since the number of people who can realistically afford one is falling.
2007-09-02 15:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by Phil McCracken 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well of course many years ago there were lots of affordable housing....they were called Council Houses, and whilst available for rent offered cheap housing...then the Tories gave people the right to buy and many saw the advantage of home ownership, as did the councils who got their share of the profits and a reduction in their repair bill.....Housing associations are trying to improve the availability of cheap housing, but yes it is a problem....councils cannot afford to build them and Govt is reluctant as they have other, as they believe, more worthy things on which to spend their money....I agree it is a problem...but to blame this for crime, drugs and prison overcrowding is to be a bit naive....it may contribute to some of these problems, but I would say a very small percentage.....
2007-09-02 15:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by Knownow't 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I remember this, He came to my town to see a homesteading project. The project was a success but when the small 10 house project finished I never heard of any further plans.
2007-09-02 15:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by john m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you will find that The Duchy or Cornwall indeed implemented this.
2007-09-02 15:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋