Quote Originally Posted by KerrAvon View Post
The Labour 'project'? I can't see any project, just a lot of expensive promises that bear more than a passing resemblance to the failed tax, borrow, spend and inflate Labour policies of the 70s.

You'd have to ask a Tory about Tory policies, but the structural deficit has been eliminated, which has to be a good thing for all of us.

On housing, I’d simply observe that price is a function of supply and demand. House prices will fall if more are built.

Many young people realise owning a home is going to be a big ask, because it always has been. It requires commitment and thrift. What I don’t understand is how building council houses is going to help anyone in realising their hopes of owning a house.

Is this the face of the Labour 'project'? The ability to rent a council house?


Commitment and thrift , hmm , since 1995 average UK house prices have risen by 300% , in some parts of London it's a 1000% .

I'm sure you'd agree that wages are unlikely to have risen by that amount , in fact average wages for people in the 22 - 30 age group have seen them fall by 7% since 2007 .

A commitment to building more sociable housing is a need given the chronic lack of affordable homes .

Social housing projects are normally very well managed and maintained schemes , repairs are generally carried out to a high standard .

Many private lets do not always follow the same pattern .

Social housing is a far more secure tenancy than private rented accommodation , it's generally yours for life if you abide by the code and obviously pay the rent .

I never suggested social housing was the path towards home ownership although lower rents could benefit anyone who wants to do so with regard to savings .

As I suggested many young people already realise home ownership is unrealistic given wage deflation and high prices and social housing bridges that gap .