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Originally Posted by Graham Jones
Just a couple of responces:
We did build spacious council housing which has avoided slums being replaced with slums. Where we didn't build spacious Social Housing, and it was built cheaply and to a higher density, it now has much less appeal and accordingly suffers more in my view. Its an interesting comparison on social build.
Is that not the thoughts of the office of the deputy prime minister, build houses of a higher density, more houses per acre, is this not why some developers are including blocks of flats in their schemes now.
Probably! Obviously the circumstances are different in teh south and three storey build is becoming common, even 4 storey with underground garage. High density housing may pass in London, but it will fail in Hyndburn in my view. Modern slums for modern people! People aspire to space, green spaces and a sense of community.
If you build poorer housing you attract poorer people and paint a picture of which includes all the problems of poor urban areas of your area.
I would not say poorer houses, but cheaper houses aimed at the lower end of the market
I meant that, your right, cheaper houses. Poorer in terms of the poorest people will inevitably have a high occupancy. I am on the Prefered Developer Partner Selection and my view is that we should try to avoid building to the lowest cost, highest density, most profit.
The property price rise isn't based on housing supply and demand. Hyndburn has an over supply of about 2000 [out of 33000] so prices shopuld go down, not up.
Are HBC not taking care of that with the property being knocked down, some of which could have been refurbished to meet the current standards
I mentioned this elsewhere. Property is not linked to supply and demand of tenants/purchasers but like pieces of art, the perceived value tomorrow, next month, next year and with so much private capital in surplus post 9/11 shake down of investors, selling shares for the security of property, all estate agents in Hyndburn have had the 'anonymous investor/speculator call'; "Can you buy me £2million pounds of housing in Hyndburn, any will do!". Price speculation was soaring 12 months before John Prescott even thought about a slum clearance program for the likes of East Lancashire.
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