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Originally Posted by Mancie
You say there is no such thing as affordable housing,and that maybe true these days.. but I was under the impression that council housing was created as an affordable option for those families that had low incomes.. not for free and paying rent.
"It would be far cheaper to buy up dilapidated terraces and bring them back into use instead of chasing the dream of new builds that no one can afford."
Are you a closet tory? those words are close to a quote made by Thatcher when the tories implemented the right to buy.. they said the same thing.. more or less ****** social housing and leave it to money grabbing landlords to buy up ex-council homes and make money out of those on low incomes . at the same time provide bad housing for most immigrants .. and it carries on.
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No matter who came up with the quote (I must admit to being ignorant of Mrs Thatcher's original) it's the common sense approach in Hyndburn. We simply don't have the money to launch a social house building scheme.
The council need to look at the resources it already has in the borough rather than trying to be something it's not and bankrupting itself. Landlords need regulating and empty properties should be brought under the wing of the council.