The Lib Dems are also in love with state built housing.
What they and the Greens don't factor is that NIMBYs will object to state built housing using the exactly the same reasons they use to object to private built. Just replace, "A greedy developer is making a profit building these houses, how dare they, we can't be having that" with "It will attract the wrong kind of people"
The fundamental problem is that the Planning Act gives too much power to objectors and too many reasons for councils to use when they cave.
The Lib Dems are also in love with state built housing.
What they and the Greens don't factor is that NIMBYs will object to state built housing using the exactly the same reasons they use to object to private built. Just replace, "A greedy developer is making a profit building these houses, how dare they, we can't be having that" with "It will attract the wrong kind of people"
The fundamental problem is that the Planning Act gives too much power to objectors and too many reasons for councils to use when they cave.
We need to blow up the Planning Act
When I was on the residents association we did the meetings in my living room.
Madness. Utter madness
I wonder how much all this cost, spending the money on education would probably be a better idea.