Gordons Housing Policy
After having a look at what Gordon Brown said since my last blog I dont think he has said much wheih was unexpected and will not really changed the way we tackle a possible housing shortage in the UK. A summary of Gordons housing policy is as follows:
Assistance to community housing (mainly in the North of England and the Midlands)
Home Information Packs - See Clarkes earlier blog…
Tax breaks for ‘Carbon Neutral’ homes
Priority purchase scheme for first time buyers and key workers.
This is all well and good but apart from the last point there are more ways they could have tackled this problem. This crisis is due to the total number of properties on the market compared with the rising population not how green the properties are and if they are in an established community or not. New build houses often have to create their own communities from scratch.
Tonys initial warcry was ‘Education, Education, Education’ and Gordos appears to be ‘Location, Location, Location’.