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"Willie Sullivan may get his wish for no more houses in DEX. Builders build to sell so if no-one's buying … And if DEX is more a part of Edinburgh, isn't that because Fife doesn't have the right jobs? Who in their right mind would commute across the Forth for the fun of it? Is the planning system development led because development is seen as the source of infrastructure funds. We end up in a vicious circle; housing pays for infrastructure which makes housing unaffordable; to put it another way, housing costs go up so that householders can't afford to pay for the infrastructure by any other route. Observer's right to say that state control isn't the answer. The Soviets proved that. That means that housing will continue to be allocated by who has the most money. But that shouldn't mean being at the mercy of the state, at least not for so many. The key is competition and choice, the very antithesis of state provision. We need to return to the idea of a house as something to live in rather than a device for increasing wealth. To do that, we need to persuade those with spare cash - and a great many very ordinary folk have spare cash - that they can do better than use it to bid up house prices. If developers are throwing up five-bedroom houses then it's because the punters are (or were) buying them. As with so much, much blame lies with the Brown government. Time was when spare cash went into saving for a pension. Then GB decided to tax pension funds so folk stopped contributing to them. Now the only safe pensions are provided by the state. So 1)create a more attractive home for spare wealth 2)create competition to provide homes for all 3)educate kids to the idea that they get themselves a home and they keep it in good order 4)don't lose sight of the safety net for those who, for whatever reason, need help but don't promote that as the route of choice "
Posted by ddempsey, on 9/15/2008 17:16.
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