New homes at a 50 year low

baby_boomer

The Independent

But don't worry.

Caroline Flint at the Labour Party Conference assures us that she is on the job

"Britain needs more homes.

Sceptics ask me to scrap our target of 240,000 new homes a year - 3 million more homes by 2020.

They want us to admit defeat.

We won't give up that easily.

Labour will build the homes Britain needs." [Er - it's builders who build homes in the New Labour era, Caroline.]

It's worth following the link to see how modern speeches are crafted - in a dumbed down fashion.

"This Government has the right people;

Taking the right decisions

At the right time."

I'm not making it up, honestly

dopester

Jobs of real economic wealth creating value, are going to be much more important than new homes.

alared

What Britain needs is AFFORDABLE new homes.
It`s because of her government and it`s low interest rates obssession that property prices rose so high.
Cheap money high house prices.

mewbie_2

Brilliant speech stuff. Imagine being at home with Caroline, it's breakfast time.

I know you want food.
And you will have food.
That's why I am here.
To ensure we all have food.
<can we !!!!!!! well have some then please>
I have made the right decisions in Iceland.
And we will provide the food on your table.
Not just today.
But tomorrow.
And the next day.
And the day after that.


It's rubbish isn't it?

baby_boomer

Guardian

Caroline has moved on from Housing, her place having been taken by Margaret Becket. So she won't have to answer for her fanciful projections :rotfl: [Is this the main point of reshuffles ?]

Margaret Becket yesterday admitted that Gordon Brown's commitment to build 10 model green communities [Eco-Towns] is more a hope than an expectation. Only one actually meets the criteria.

"....Which leaves a bigger question: what about Brown's other, more significant target to build 3m homes by 2020? Hardly anyone in the construction industry seems to think this can now be met: predictions are that this year we will build only about 75,000 homes and next year will be worse, which means we're a long way from the 240,000 a year required by 2016.."

wymondham

alared wrote: »

What Britain needs is AFFORDABLE new homes.

The trouble is that 'affordable' currently means same priced houses, just dodgy schemes!

ad9898_3

This old chestnut keeps being pedaled all the time, there is no shortage, 21 million homes, 60 million people.

As the amateur BTL goes under, more houses will come on to the market, as the houseprice crash continues over the next 2 years houses will become more 'affordable' which is all that has been wrong over the past 8 years.

Example, builders were building in Ashford because of the 'shortage', now the Wilsons are being forced to sell, does anyone think there will be a shortage there now ?, expect the same thing to happen around the country, albeit on a smaller scale.

hethmar

I see that ad, but people are already living in the Wilsons' houses arent they. So if there is still a waiting list now ..........?

adr0ck

ad9898 wrote: »

This old chestnut keeps being pedaled all the time, there is no shortage, 21 million homes, 60 million people.

why is there 1.5 million people on council waiting lists then?

MrDT

adr0ck wrote: »

why is there 1.5 million people on council waiting lists then?

Because they'd rather be council tenants than private tenents? More professional, reliable? Cheaper?

These people are already living somewhere, just not in council houses. They're on the lists because they want to eventually move into a council house.