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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Agreed and that is why the government is trying to remove red tape so that developers can build more houses. Having the policy is one thing, preventing nimbys and councillors blocking it particularly where it's needed most is the hard part together with having sufficient builders, etc.
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Also, builders aren’t interested in building affordable housing - I live in North-West Leeds, and most of the new houses built in this area in the last five years are 4 or 5 bed detached, ranging from £650k to £925k; there are a few "affordable" houses in those new estates, but those are 2 or 3 bed semis or mews costing £325k to £425k.
Considering that the average salary in Leeds is £43k, that must be a new definition of "affordable" I hadn’t encountered before…
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