Labour: Funding boost for affordable housing

Blog Bot · 17-10-2007, 11:50 AM

From the official website:

A £10.2 billion cash boost for affordable homes across England has been announced by Labour’s Housing Minister Yvette Cooper. The funding means that 50 per cent more new social hou...

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Little Englander (sour) · 17-10-2007, 01:38 PM

Are these "affordable" ot "social" housing because although the government and developers are trying to blur the edges between the two categories the implications of each are miles apart.
ie.
What is "affordable"? and when that question is answered, will all those who can't "afford" be supplied with "social" housing?. The latter will become a bigger and bigger problem as the former becomes more expensive and less available.

Hartlepool · 17-10-2007, 04:03 PM

Smart people will be making themselves unemployable,(if they have any sense).

Workshy is the mode,workshy and incapacity benefit is the future if this new homes thing takes shape.

Quick everyone,jump on the "I'm a Socialist" bandwagon,and never work again.

rjt · 18-10-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Hartlepool

Smart people will be making themselves unemployable,(if they have any sense).

Workshy is the mode,workshy and incapacity benefit is the future if this new homes thing takes shape.

Quick everyone,jump on the "I'm a Socialist" bandwagon,and never work again.

Agreed we have a shamefull culture of dependancy in this country, people who actually do need help suffer because of it.

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17-10-2007, 01:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Little Englander (sour) Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 649	Are these "affordable" ot "social" housing because although the government and developers are trying to blur the edges between the two categories the implications of each are miles apart. ie. What is "affordable"? and when that question is answered, will all those who can't "afford" be supplied with "social" housing?. The latter will become a bigger and bigger problem as the former becomes more expensive and less available.

17-10-2007, 04:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,409	Smart people will be making themselves unemployable,(if they have any sense). Workshy is the mode,workshy and incapacity benefit is the future if this new homes thing takes shape. Quick everyone,jump on the "I'm a Socialist" bandwagon,and never work again.