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"Did you know "As of late 2024/early 2025, there are around 265,000 to 272,000 long-term empty properties in England (unoccupied for over six months), with total recorded empty homes exceeding 700,000, showing a rising trend, with organizations like Action on Empty Homes tracking these figures, which are based on official government data and council tax records", and "As of June 2024, an estimated 354,016 people were homeless in England, with the majority living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils. Other figures suggest around 4,667 people were sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2024. The most recent data also shows 161,495 homeless children"... So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so but it would upset the landlord class which is why it won't be done. The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! " *while | |||
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"The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! " This. And it’s a no-win situation. Brexit binned the framework we used to turn people back. There’s a delay in processing as a result which costs money as folk can’t be returned without processing as we don’t know if they have a legal right to remain. Additional resources for processing have their own costs. The solution? Stop making stupid decisions without thinking them through. | |||
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"Did you know "As of late 2024/early 2025, there are around 265,000 to 272,000 long-term empty properties in England (unoccupied for over six months), with total recorded empty homes exceeding 700,000, showing a rising trend, with organizations like Action on Empty Homes tracking these figures, which are based on official government data and council tax records", and "As of June 2024, an estimated 354,016 people were homeless in England, with the majority living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils. Other figures suggest around 4,667 people were sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2024. The most recent data also shows 161,495 homeless children"... So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so but it would upset the landlord class which is why it won't be done. The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 *while" | |||
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"Did you know "As of late 2024/early 2025, there are around 265,000 to 272,000 long-term empty properties in England (unoccupied for over six months), with total recorded empty homes exceeding 700,000, showing a rising trend, with organizations like Action on Empty Homes tracking these figures, which are based on official government data and council tax records", and "As of June 2024, an estimated 354,016 people were homeless in England, with the majority living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils. Other figures suggest around 4,667 people were sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2024. The most recent data also shows 161,495 homeless children"... So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so but it would upset the landlord class which is why it won't be done. The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 *while" Totally agree, unfortunately this country is loving the message and buying it hook line and sinker. | |||
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"Did you know "As of late 2024/early 2025, there are around 265,000 to 272,000 long-term empty properties in England (unoccupied for over six months), with total recorded empty homes exceeding 700,000, showing a rising trend, with organizations like Action on Empty Homes tracking these figures, which are based on official government data and council tax records", and "As of June 2024, an estimated 354,016 people were homeless in England, with the majority living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils. Other figures suggest around 4,667 people were sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2024. The most recent data also shows 161,495 homeless children"... So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so but it would upset the landlord class which is why it won't be done. The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! " Well said. The great unwashed public love a scapegoat, and the media love to help them find one, and it's usually a minority. Funny that. | |||
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"So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so ..." Political will - and a vast amount of money to buy those houses. Surely that money would be better spent on just creating new social housing. | |||
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"So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so ... Political will - and a vast amount of money to buy those houses. Surely that money would be better spent on just creating new social housing." The problem is that generations of "right to buy" without replenishing housing stock has contributed to this problem, the point that I have made is that there isn't a shortage of housing, it's that homes are sitting empty while people sleep on the streets. A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. | |||
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"Rupert Lowe ‘While families across Britain struggle with rising bills, failing public services and a cost of living crisis that government after government claims it cannot afford to fix, another story has quietly appeared in the small print. And it is staggering. Hidden inside the government’s Find a Tender system is a brand new contract worth more than one point zero eight billion pounds to run the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre from 2028 to 2038. Yes, more than one billion pounds of public money. A ten year deal, extendable to 2038, covering one thousand detention spaces, complete with a menu of services that most hardworking taxpayers could only dream of. According to the Home Office tender, around nine hundred detainees will receive: • Art lessons • Maths tutors • In house NHS medical treatment • Round the clock welfare support • Leisure activities including films, table tennis and paid activity programmes • Religious services • Catering and shop services • One pound per hour paid jobs inside the centre • Health and sport related programmes All wrapped into a billion pound package, signed off by a government that repeatedly tells the British public that there is no money for local services, no money for social care, no money for policing and no money for the basics that people actually rely on. Here is the point that matters most. This is not a short term measure. This is a long term plan that stretches into the next decade. The tender confirms the following: • Contract start date: 1 April 2028 • Contract end date: 31 March 2034 • Extension possible until 31 March 2038 This is not temporary. This is not a stop gap. This is a long term, locked in commitment to a system that is not being reduced. It is being reinforced and expanded for many years to come. So when ministers insist that the migrant crisis is under control, you now know better. If they truly intended to reduce numbers, they would not be preparing contracts worth more than one billion pounds to manage the system until almost 2040. This is why transparency matters. This is why evidence matters. And this is why people must stay alert to what is being agreed behind closed doors while the public is distracted. We have had enough spin, we will not be hoodwinked and we certainly will not stand for being gaslit ever again. If you believe people deserve honesty, clarity and accountability, follow me and share this post.’" You're seriously quoting Rupert Lowe? This "£1bn" is a drop in the ocean compared to the dodgy Covid contracts, the money wasted on shoddy "track and trace", the billions not collected from billionaires and corporations who avoid paying tax like the plague. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem." What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? | |||
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"Did you know "As of late 2024/early 2025, there are around 265,000 to 272,000 long-term empty properties in England (unoccupied for over six months), with total recorded empty homes exceeding 700,000, showing a rising trend, with organizations like Action on Empty Homes tracking these figures, which are based on official government data and council tax records", and "As of June 2024, an estimated 354,016 people were homeless in England, with the majority living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils. Other figures suggest around 4,667 people were sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2024. The most recent data also shows 161,495 homeless children"... So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so but it would upset the landlord class which is why it won't be done. The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! " Have you done the math on this? Average house price in the UK is about £270,000. Let’s say we buy all 265,000 long term empty properties. Assuming those are average properties then it is going to cost us about £71.5 billion. That probably won’t cover all the homeless people you mention above. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off?" By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. | |||
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"I'm sorry, is this immigrant 'reception' not actually the immigrant removal centre, which has has been operating for years and reported as worse than prisons and subject to overcrowding to the point of inhumane conditions? The naming with reception seems odd. Anyway, if someone could maybe throw this in the politics forum and keep the lounge clear that would be ace 💜" I worked at the biggest immigration removal centre in the UK (very close to Heathrow) for close to 10yrs. It was usually running at 90% capacity but no way were they held in inhumane conditions, far from it. The new company took over the contract after I had been there for just over 5yrs and all of the immigrants (some hardened criminals too) had the run of the place. If prisons were on unlock for 15yrs per day, with the prisoners able to roam freely from wing to wing throughout the day and night then yes, it was worse than prison. The whole immigration system is utterly screwed, used to see some unbelievable things going on at the hearing centres (which was a Court connected to tte centre where their cases were heard) on a daily basis and them then getting released and put into accommodation to roam freely amongst the community. I concur, to call it a ‘reception’ seems ambiguous at best. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. " Tories and new Labour sold 2.1 million affordable rent council houses and flats at one time discounts on right to buy. 30 years later there’s a million households on waiting lists for one You couldn’t make it up. | |||
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"Did you know "As of late 2024/early 2025, there are around 265,000 to 272,000 long-term empty properties in England (unoccupied for over six months), with total recorded empty homes exceeding 700,000, showing a rising trend, with organizations like Action on Empty Homes tracking these figures, which are based on official government data and council tax records", and "As of June 2024, an estimated 354,016 people were homeless in England, with the majority living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils. Other figures suggest around 4,667 people were sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2024. The most recent data also shows 161,495 homeless children"... So, the homeless situation could be sorted fairly easily with some basic legislation in terms of compulsory purchasing of empty homes and all it would require is the political will to do so but it would upset the landlord class which is why it won't be done. The anti-immigrant BS is just pitting the poor against the vulnerable and only serves to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That's white assholes like Musk are pushing this crap nonstop! Have you done the math on this? Average house price in the UK is about £270,000. Let’s say we buy all 265,000 long term empty properties. Assuming those are average properties then it is going to cost us about £71.5 billion. That probably won’t cover all the homeless people you mention above. " I take issue with these figures for apparent ‘empty’ properties. Probate office backlog is contributing significantly to this. How many ‘empty’ are holiday let’s, in refurbishment, divorce, people gone into care homes, people working abroad etc | |||
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"£11bn lost to Covid fraud £205bn cost of upgrading and maintaining UK nuclear weapons. The magic money tree is always there when "needed", just not for the people in need. " £25million a year spent by MOD maintaining 10,000 long term vacant armed forces houses | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. Tories and new Labour sold 2.1 million affordable rent council houses and flats at one time discounts on right to buy. 30 years later there’s a million households on waiting lists for one You couldn’t make it up. " The thing I don’t get is that those 2.1 million houses that were sold have people living in them. If we kicked a million households out of them and put the people on the waiting list into them then what do we do about the million households we have just kicked out? | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. Tories and new Labour sold 2.1 million affordable rent council houses and flats at one time discounts on right to buy. 30 years later there’s a million households on waiting lists for one You couldn’t make it up. The thing I don’t get is that those 2.1 million houses that were sold have people living in them. If we kicked a million households out of them and put the people on the waiting list into them then what do we do about the million households we have just kicked out?" Agreed. The point being these were affordable rent. | |||
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"According to ONS (2024) there are approximately 26 million spare rooms in the UK, from under occupied households. I’ve got three So how about some policies enabling people to downsize without rip off stamp duty rates. " There are spare rooms within social housing. But the older people living in a 3 bed house don't have to release that so a family can have a home but are stuck in a 2 bed flat. People talk about concil housing in the south its all run buy not for profit social housing Companies. How sub the maintenance out to companies like Axis making large profits. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem." "What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off?" "By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock." Why can't we create legislation to have councils build new social housing and then prohibit them from being sold? | |||
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"Rupert Lowe ‘While families across Britain struggle with rising bills, failing public services and a cost of living crisis that government after government claims it cannot afford to fix, another story has quietly appeared in the small print. And it is staggering. Hidden inside the government’s Find a Tender system is a brand new contract worth more than one point zero eight billion pounds to run the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre from 2028 to 2038. Yes, more than one billion pounds of public money. A ten year deal, extendable to 2038, covering one thousand detention spaces, complete with a menu of services that most hardworking taxpayers could only dream of. According to the Home Office tender, around nine hundred detainees will receive: • Art lessons • Maths tutors • In house NHS medical treatment • Round the clock welfare support • Leisure activities including films, table tennis and paid activity programmes • Religious services • Catering and shop services • One pound per hour paid jobs inside the centre • Health and sport related programmes All wrapped into a billion pound package, signed off by a government that repeatedly tells the British public that there is no money for local services, no money for social care, no money for policing and no money for the basics that people actually rely on. Here is the point that matters most. This is not a short term measure. This is a long term plan that stretches into the next decade. The tender confirms the following: • Contract start date: 1 April 2028 • Contract end date: 31 March 2034 • Extension possible until 31 March 2038 This is not temporary. This is not a stop gap. This is a long term, locked in commitment to a system that is not being reduced. It is being reinforced and expanded for many years to come. So when ministers insist that the migrant crisis is under control, you now know better. If they truly intended to reduce numbers, they would not be preparing contracts worth more than one billion pounds to manage the system until almost 2040. This is why transparency matters. This is why evidence matters. And this is why people must stay alert to what is being agreed behind closed doors while the public is distracted. We have had enough spin, we will not be hoodwinked and we certainly will not stand for being gaslit ever again. If you believe people deserve honesty, clarity and accountability, follow me and share this post.’" Do us a favour and post a link to the actual tender you refer to and not a he said, she said, they said fairy tale | |||
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"Rupert Lowe ‘While families across Britain struggle with rising bills, failing public services and a cost of living crisis that government after government claims it cannot afford to fix, another story has quietly appeared in the small print. And it is staggering. Hidden inside the government’s Find a Tender system is a brand new contract worth more than one point zero eight billion pounds to run the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre from 2028 to 2038. Yes, more than one billion pounds of public money. A ten year deal, extendable to 2038, covering one thousand detention spaces, complete with a menu of services that most hardworking taxpayers could only dream of. According to the Home Office tender, around nine hundred detainees will receive: • Art lessons • Maths tutors • In house NHS medical treatment • Round the clock welfare support • Leisure activities including films, table tennis and paid activity programmes • Religious services • Catering and shop services • One pound per hour paid jobs inside the centre • Health and sport related programmes All wrapped into a billion pound package, signed off by a government that repeatedly tells the British public that there is no money for local services, no money for social care, no money for policing and no money for the basics that people actually rely on. Here is the point that matters most. This is not a short term measure. This is a long term plan that stretches into the next decade. The tender confirms the following: • Contract start date: 1 April 2028 • Contract end date: 31 March 2034 • Extension possible until 31 March 2038 This is not temporary. This is not a stop gap. This is a long term, locked in commitment to a system that is not being reduced. It is being reinforced and expanded for many years to come. So when ministers insist that the migrant crisis is under control, you now know better. If they truly intended to reduce numbers, they would not be preparing contracts worth more than one billion pounds to manage the system until almost 2040. This is why transparency matters. This is why evidence matters. And this is why people must stay alert to what is being agreed behind closed doors while the public is distracted. We have had enough spin, we will not be hoodwinked and we certainly will not stand for being gaslit ever again. If you believe people deserve honesty, clarity and accountability, follow me and share this post.’ " I'm reassured to see that this is not just a 1off payment, that ongoing funding is being planned. Perhaps the Reform guy should have been more vocal against local authorities funding and service cuts before now. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. Why can't we create legislation to have councils build new social housing and then prohibit them from being sold?" Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's. I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. Why can't we create legislation to have councils build new social housing and then prohibit them from being sold? Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's. I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change." Last year new built social housing, minus right to buy and demolitions was negative. | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. Why can't we create legislation to have councils build new social housing and then prohibit them from being sold? Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's. I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change." In 2016 Plymouth city council borrowed £50M from the EU at around 3.5% for its affordable housing programme. At current house prices this would build 200-250 units. Last time I looked Plymouth had 13,000 on local authority waiting lists | |||
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"A wealth tax could fund the requisition of empty homes and distribute them to those in need. Simply building more social housing which will be sold off won't solve the underlying problem. What leads you to believe that councils can acquire empty houses and have no risk of them being sold off, but if they build new social housing it will all get sold off? By creating legislation for compulsory purchasing empty properties and prohibiting them being sold without replenishing housing stock. Why can't we create legislation to have councils build new social housing and then prohibit them from being sold? Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's. I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change. In 2016 Plymouth city council borrowed £50M from the EU at around 3.5% for its affordable housing programme. At current house prices this would build 200-250 units. Last time I looked Plymouth had 13,000 on local authority waiting lists " Did the £50m include buying land Round hear I think Hastings have about 10 units the rest are under Southern Houseing lots are very old cold and damp. | |||
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"Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's." The other guy was proposing a wealth tax to raise the funds. "I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change." The other guy was saying that we'd need new legislation to buy up empty houses, so we could instead just change the right to buy law to prevent councils selling them. | |||
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"Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's. The other guy was proposing a wealth tax to raise the funds. I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change. The other guy was saying that we'd need new legislation to buy up empty houses, so we could instead just change the right to buy law to prevent councils selling them." Do you think a wealth tax is the answer. Or would more just avoid tax. I think lots of the empty properties are empty for reasons round hastings I don't see meany. I personally don't know how easy it is to change the right to buy and if this was advertised how meany would take advantage of it befor it came law. But I go back to the problem of single people in larger properties and people abusing social housing some due to the shortage. I do know of people as a couple living across 2 properties, just incase they split up. But I don't know how you could improve the system. When it was council run they would give incentives to older people to down size but Associations are restricted on this practice. | |||
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"Where would councils get the money from to buy land and then build the property's. The other guy was proposing a wealth tax to raise the funds. I beleave the right to buy still exists so that would need to be the first change. The other guy was saying that we'd need new legislation to buy up empty houses, so we could instead just change the right to buy law to prevent councils selling them." Right to buy doesn't change the fundamental supply/demand issue. 100 people need accommodation in 95 houses. Does it matter who owns them? When the government is sitting on empty stock, it's a bit odd to be blaming people stuck in probate or renovations. | |||
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" Right to buy doesn't change the fundamental supply/demand issue." RTB has removed 2.1 million affordable rent homes from supply. Directly correlated to the increase in private rented sector inventory, now around 4.5 million units. Costing the taxpayer £35bn in housing benefit. | |||
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" Right to buy doesn't change the fundamental supply/demand issue. RTB has removed 2.1 million affordable rent homes from supply. Directly correlated to the increase in private rented sector inventory, now around 4.5 million units. Costing the taxpayer £35bn in housing benefit. " That is probably mathematically sound, and plausible. | |||
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" Right to buy doesn't change the fundamental supply/demand issue. RTB has removed 2.1 million affordable rent homes from supply. Directly correlated to the increase in private rented sector inventory, now around 4.5 million units. Costing the taxpayer £35bn in housing benefit. " Not to mention that many MPs and Lords from most parties are themselves landlords. Estates in London were demolished, communities were decimated because locals were priced out of area. The quota for social housing in place of former social housing fell short and lets not forget the inclusion of "poor doors" etc. | |||
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" Estates in London were demolished, communities were decimated because locals were priced out of area. The quota for social housing in place of former social housing fell short and lets not forget the inclusion of "poor doors" etc. " Gentrification has displaced a large number of people. According to analysis by the thinktank Common Wealth, an estimated 18,500 council homes will be sold off under the Right to Buy scheme in 2025/26, while just 2,260 council homes were constructed in 2024/25. Falling well short of Labours 300,000 new social housing units Rayner said would be built this Parliament | |||
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" Estates in London were demolished, communities were decimated because locals were priced out of area. The quota for social housing in place of former social housing fell short and lets not forget the inclusion of "poor doors" etc. Gentrification has displaced a large number of people. According to analysis by the thinktank Common Wealth, an estimated 18,500 council homes will be sold off under the Right to Buy scheme in 2025/26, while just 2,260 council homes were constructed in 2024/25. Falling well short of Labours 300,000 new social housing units Rayner said would be built this Parliament " these houses will be built when labour has squeezed the farmers off their land | |||
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