Discussion
Thank you Linda but I don't have to be there (anymore than does anyone else) to express my thoughts given that we now all know who sits on the working party. If we wish to contact the working party members, the cllrs certainly, then we know how to contact them. I expressed my thoughts to Cllr Mawhood when she sent out her round robin email back at the beginning of April asking for ...
That’s right Lynn, when the presentation was prepared and delivered to the council. Do feel free to attend any of the meetings on Friday mornings at 10am be lovely to see you there and get your thoughts.
Immigration is unpopular and thats why we are were we are goverment after goverment have failed to to deal with the problem so at the referendum folk saw a opportunity to rectify the problem themselves and voted leave. Home ownership is at it's lowest for 30 years while the private rental market has doubled since 2004.
For info - the section on the town council's website concerning the lawn working party was only placed there last week. (source: email response from Dawlish Town Clerk)
Because if demand is greater than supply, prices rise. More profit to be made. And also, from a political point of view, why would any political party, whose voters are mainly home owners, pursue economic policies that would see house prices fall?
So where does the pressure on demand for more housing come from? And if the demand is as great as it is made out to be, then why aren't the house builders taking advantage of it. After all, we are always told it is supply and demand, so if the demand is there, why not fulfill it?
So here's the dilemma; Immigration. The easiest solution to an ageing population is to encourage young migrants of working age. For example, the UK has attracted many young workers from Eastern Europe. But, net migration and free movement of labour is unpopular for fears it drives down wages and places stress on infrastructure and housing demand. ...
I wasn't saying that at all. I was simply trying to make the point that the housing crisis is not due only to immigration. That families split up more now than in previous generations thereby increasing the demand for accommodation is another factor. "Today, an average of 2 people live in a property, this is significantly different to the situation in the 1950s, where an average of 5 ...
Ok so us baby boomers (there are a lot of us) who selfishly live longer in houses that we either bought and paid for, or have occupied for decades, should move out into smaller accommodation so that the annual flood of immigrants should immediately have spacious living, without having to go through the cramped conditions that us baby boomers (so many of us) suffered initially until our hard work ...
And of course us baby boomers (there are a lot of us) are living longer and under occupying empty nests. Don't forget our contribution to the housing shortage! And should we end up in hospital and/or care homes will there be enough staff to look after us?