RE: Can Labour Get Britain Building...?
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Too many NIMBY's for any govt. to take on a building plan, whatever the colour of the rosette, add in the tree huggers and eco zealots and one is on a road to nowhere.
Then if and when a housing project takes place, it creates problems that said govt. (pigs with snouts in the trough) do not address. No thought is given to the added pressure on schools and the local health service and ground level GP surgeries and dental services. But hey look at us we are the best govt. ever building all these houses.
The houses that get built are often unaffordable for local indigenous people, often snapped up by corporates to inflate the rental market, add in the OCG's who also invest in house buying as a way of "cleaning their money". Also people should question why a place the size of my town ( I refuse to call it a city, it isn't its a fucking town) has a ridiculous number of "turkish" barber shops. It ain't about the hair cuts.
If we build enough houses we'd have as much choice as for money laundering services!
LOL
About 1 mile from where I live there is a completely redundant sports field that has not been used in over 25 years, but grass cut etc by the council. As you approach said area on a trunk road every nearby property has a sign in the garden "NO! to the 1698 houses". Looking at the sales brochure, sadly, these will not be homes that would cater for first time buyers nor those on low incomes.
I am sure the local residents are well meaning people but I understand their concerns potentially 1698 more cars on an already busy stretch of road, potentially a minimum lets say of 3400 people who will require a GP and a dentist. 1698 more bins to empty
But the small town sheriffs in the guildhall don't care it is more money in their coffers to waste on meaningful woke projects and housing illegals.
Build more houses yes, but they need to be what we know as council houses and there must be a caveat that includes the funding for additional necessary services. But that ain't gonna happen.
This country is fucked, and Wales is fucked even more