Don't build on our park! (From Daily Echo)

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  ohec wrote:
  

  loosehead wrote:
  

  ohec wrote:
  What is needed in this country is a housing market that is a true reflection of peoples earnings and in order to get that we need a massive price crash to bring property down to realistic levels so they are affordable for many more people thus reducing the strain on the rental market, you also appear to have the British obsession of buying houses, the so-called property ladder that surprise surprise not everybody wants to get on as you say you made your choice to go without a family holidays or a new car to save for that magical deposit but others would sooner have children holidays and cars its all a matter of choice.

  No they would rather have the maintenance & modernisation done for them whilst they have brand new cars & two holidays plus smart phones,smart TV's & then if that's threatened they go to the food bank rather than buy food.
  I know & anyone being honest knows Council/affordable housing was only ever intended for low paid working class people not well paid people who want to live the high life.
  If you weeded out the ones who could quite easily afford to buy I wonder how large the housing waiting list would be?

  You are obsessed with this idea that everybody wants to buy houses, its not just a case of being able to afford to buy its a case of whether you want to, in most countries buying or renting is a matter of choice and choice alone this idea that the only people that rent are those that can't afford to buy is totally wrong. I grant you that the situation is about to change as far as social housing is concerned but that will only apply to new tenants where the proposal is for time limited leases, the whole concept that your best investment is bricks and mortar has run its time and more and more people will revert back to renting not just out of choice but house prices have reached unsustainable levels so the only way for them to go is down.

  Please read this post! COUNCIL hoses are there for people WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY.
  this was why they were created & not for THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY.
  why should a couple both working in Sainsbury's get stuck in flats say top floor with children yet a family on good money live in a council home ?
  they should be in private housing & council homes should be for the low paid.
  Could a Labour supporter say Linesman or Lone Ranger comment on his subject?"
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