There’s plenty of affordable houses, it just might not be in the location you really want to live. You might need to move to a poorer area to which you can afford.
As for council houses there’s not enough and the council & Government need to fix that. They need to spot people buying more than 2 houses/flats as this is what is causing some of the shortage. Some landlords having 10 houses and charging tenants a fortune to which they can’t afford and end up on the council house list.
I’ve been on the waiting list for a council house for two and a half years and nowhere near getting one.
The problem with a lot of ‘affordable’ housing is that there is often nothing to stop it ending up in the hands of foreign investors, and Liverpool is particularly vulnerable to this with money flying in from China. And the problem with this is almost unlimited as the middle class in China (with money to invest) is much larger than our entire population and growing at such a huge rate that it doesn’t matter how many flats you build.
Is this why many southerners are selling up and moving up north and buying whatever they can?
Ironic. Northern cities have been slated for years upon years as black holes in the English economy by Tories.
Now that there’s a housing issue, I’d bet a vast majority of them are literally looking for the scabiest and minging properties they can find just for a wee bit more change and to escape their self-made mess.
Fucking Tories.
Stop the „foreign investors” from buying to rent the entire blocks. There, first step, should be a good way to start.
The crisis is that there’s not enough affordable housing. But building it, especially for councils, is like pulling teeth because of NIMBYism and lack of infrastructure (also not helped by NIMBYs).
Is there like a mass movement group or something to address this or just waffle about it forever?
Too much talk not enough action!!
I don’t know whether anyone else in the comments has mentioned this, but it’s even worse than anyone realises.
My wife and I are currently trying to find a house closer to my job. To rent, not buy. Several places we’ve looked at, been happy with, and registered our interest, only to lose out to someone else who offered more than the advertised price.
To me, this is utterly wrong.
If your budget is £100 a month more, then look for something that’s £100 a month more, instead of taking housing that those less well off can afford.
To be honest though, I don’t blame the people offering more. It’s the fucking letting agents. They’re all vermin.
So we’re now into our third month of trying to find somewhere reasonable to live. Fortunately, our landlord seems to be happy enough with us and leaves us alone. But I can’t afford the amount of diesel I have to use to get to work.
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There’s plenty of affordable houses, it just might not be in the location you really want to live. You might need to move to a poorer area to which you can afford.
As for council houses there’s not enough and the council & Government need to fix that. They need to spot people buying more than 2 houses/flats as this is what is causing some of the shortage. Some landlords having 10 houses and charging tenants a fortune to which they can’t afford and end up on the council house list.
I’ve been on the waiting list for a council house for two and a half years and nowhere near getting one.
The problem with a lot of ‘affordable’ housing is that there is often nothing to stop it ending up in the hands of foreign investors, and Liverpool is particularly vulnerable to this with money flying in from China. And the problem with this is almost unlimited as the middle class in China (with money to invest) is much larger than our entire population and growing at such a huge rate that it doesn’t matter how many flats you build.
Is this why many southerners are selling up and moving up north and buying whatever they can?
Ironic. Northern cities have been slated for years upon years as black holes in the English economy by Tories.
Now that there’s a housing issue, I’d bet a vast majority of them are literally looking for the scabiest and minging properties they can find just for a wee bit more change and to escape their self-made mess.
Fucking Tories.
Stop the „foreign investors” from buying to rent the entire blocks. There, first step, should be a good way to start.
The crisis is that there’s not enough affordable housing. But building it, especially for councils, is like pulling teeth because of NIMBYism and lack of infrastructure (also not helped by NIMBYs).
Is there like a mass movement group or something to address this or just waffle about it forever?
Too much talk not enough action!!
I don’t know whether anyone else in the comments has mentioned this, but it’s even worse than anyone realises.
My wife and I are currently trying to find a house closer to my job. To rent, not buy. Several places we’ve looked at, been happy with, and registered our interest, only to lose out to someone else who offered more than the advertised price.
To me, this is utterly wrong.
If your budget is £100 a month more, then look for something that’s £100 a month more, instead of taking housing that those less well off can afford.
To be honest though, I don’t blame the people offering more. It’s the fucking letting agents. They’re all vermin.
So we’re now into our third month of trying to find somewhere reasonable to live. Fortunately, our landlord seems to be happy enough with us and leaves us alone. But I can’t afford the amount of diesel I have to use to get to work.