O/T Its surprising how people vote

[Exiletyke]

i dont see councils jumping in a building new homes theres nothing to stop them they were like lightning in hand them over to housing associations to get them of the books.
as for house building its clear that loads need to be built but the house builders are sitting on the land waiting for house prices to rise in that area b4 they build this is what needs to stop they need to be made to build the houses within a certain amount of time when they get building permissions.
the maths is simple build more the prices come down but the house builders dont want this to happen.

So you're not aware of the restraints the Gov't imposes on LA's in their ability to borrow for house building

The government has already announced that it is reclassifying housing associations as private bodies, thereby freeing them to borrow. While this is a welcome step, to truly tackle the housing crisis the government must extend the right to borrow to local authorities, allowing them to invest in building a new generation of council homes. [/quote]

[yorkshireborn]

So you're not aware of the restraints the Gov't imposes on LA's in their ability to borrow for house building

The government has already announced that it is reclassifying housing associations as private bodies, thereby freeing them to borrow. While this is a welcome step, to truly tackle the housing crisis the government must extend the right to borrow to local authorities, allowing them to invest in building a new generation of council homes.

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never said owt about borrowing theres many councils out there that have lots of savings and could easily use that to build new houses.
theres no land to purchase so a massive saving there they just need the cost to build and there low cost housing so wont be that expensive to build.