Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing
by KUcxrAVrtI on Saturday July 20, 2019 @05:55AM
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There is nowhere in the west where housing is affordable. In the UK you have to go to the Scotish mountains to find houses that are as affordable today as London was in 1990.
Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing
by madaxe_again on Saturday July 20, 2019 @06:27AM
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And how is somebody earning £60 a day going to pay for a £23/day commute, and housing on top of that, smartypants? Oh, right, taxpayer money.
It’s almost like they’ve modelled this out before making it policy.
Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing
by ryanlol on Saturday July 20, 2019 @06:38AM
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What exactly is wrong about using taxpayer money to subsidize those commutes?
I think we should certainly impose heavier taxes on the luxury developments and the rich living in them.
Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing
by xorcist on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:40AM
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No taxpayer money is being spent. That's the whole point of this system, to avoid spending on housing benefits by utilizing price caps.
Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing
by ryanlol on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:20AM
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Are the developers not taxpayers?
No spending is avoided here, it’s merely obscured a little.
Taxing the developers for straight cash would at least give the government more control on how it is spend.
We’re talking about the most desirable areas in the world here, trying to force in social housing is just weird.
It’s not like there isn’t a bunch of places within a very reasonable commute where they could put social housing. Fuck, I used to commute from Reading for a while!