Re:Travel, Budget Beds, and the Homeless
by michaelt on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:04AM
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Here in the UK a few years ago, it was popular to increase housing supply through "cutting red tape" [1] i.e. deregulating.
Then there was a tower block fire where 71 people died [2] - most of them poor, where it's widely believed the death toll would have been much lower were regulations stricter and better enforced.
As you can imagine, deregulating building safety is no longer an idea politicians are eager to put their name to.
Re:Travel, Budget Beds, and the Homeless
by ethbro on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:31AM
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Presumably fire safety (I believe it was specifically combustible cladding?) would be one of the "core" regulations not relaxed. Along with similar immediate public health.
Then there was a tower block fire where 71 people died [2] - most of them poor, where it's widely believed the death toll would have been much lower were regulations stricter and better enforced.
As you can imagine, deregulating building safety is no longer an idea politicians are eager to put their name to.
[1] http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150319093156/htt...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire