Hime » Wed Jun 04, 2014 1:12 pm wrote:Moggy » Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:51 pm wrote:Hime » Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:46 pm wrote:Moggy wrote: I am "hardcore left" because I think developers should be allowed to build a lot more homes? Creating profits for private builders and for people to buy and sell homes is now left wing?
More the ignoring of all the difficulties involved. Why are developers not allowed to build more homes?
How was I ignoring difficulties? The question was how do we get cheaper houses, the solution is we build more houses. I didn’t realise you wanted an in depth analysis on the current housing situation in the UK. Maybe I should have written a full Masters level dissertation on the issues?
I realise the problem is green belt land and the attitude of the NIMBY people. The solution is still to build more houses though, the Government can scale back the green belt or make planning permission easier to obtain, the developers can then build houses and the population can then buy those houses. Sorry if that is too simple or hardcore left wing.
Yes, clearly asking for more detail than "build more houses" is completely unreasonable. We may as well clear up a few more issues in a similar manor:
How do we address the skills shortage in the UK? - Train more people.
How do we reduce the level of unemployment? - Get more jobs.
So the government scales back on the green belt land, the NIMBY people have a change of heart and are open for change for the common good, the poor old developers who just want to aid the growing number of people who can't afford housing can now start building. Loads of affordable housing gets built, everyone is happy - The end. Hang on, what about the effect on the national housing market?
You didn't ask for more detail. You posted this:
This is why I find it hard to take the hardcore left seriously on here; solutions are either over simplified and ignore all practical problems or are totally unrealistic.
Is there not a more objective way of deciding where we should be building and which areas of the country need the most help? For instance something like an average wage of people under thirty in a given area against the average house price?
The second paragraph might have gotten you a post with a proper answer, but the first paragraph was hardly designed to make people want to answer you seriously.
But to answer you, the NIMBY people are not going away, but through government legislation we can ensure that developers can build on more land and that NIMBYs cannot derail everything.
I don’t know which housing market you are talking about as I was talking about the national housing market. I am not proposing building 5 million homes in the south east (although I am not against that if the south east needs it). We need to look at where there is a huge demand for homes and build accordingly.