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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by twixfel on Friday October 06, 2023 @10:31AM (#37791282)
The UK has very few empty homes compared to peer countries, though. We have very little spare capacity, we need to actually build more homes.
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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by ben_w on Friday October 06, 2023 @10:40AM (#37791411)
Are you suggesting that the reason that 250,000 houses that have been empty for 6 months isn't enough for 250,000 homeless people, is something other than the houses being nowhere near the job opportunities?
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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by twixfel on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:05PM (#37794837)
The housing problem in the UK is so much more than simply homelessness.

Bad location, shit quality, low density, small, expensive, leasehold, nothing being built...

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