{"id":146524,"date":"2024-07-24T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rural-development-wont-solve-britains-housing-crisis-letters\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:32:11","slug":"rural-development-wont-solve-britains-housing-crisis-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rural-development-wont-solve-britains-housing-crisis-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural development won\u2019t solve Britain\u2019s housing crisis | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCommunities need affordable properties, not executive homes, writes Dr James Derounian. Plus letters from Valerie Organ and Rosanne BostockI agree with Simon Jenkins\u2019s overall message that England\u2019s rural communities desperately need low-cost and affordable homes to rent and buy (David Cameron failed to foist new houses on rural areas. Why does Keir Starmer think he\u2019ll succeed?, 18 July). But beyond that he seems to dive down a whole string of rabbit holes, such as 80% of British students expecting \u201cthe luxury of living away from home\u201d \u2013 the implication being that students should not be enabled to make a first move towards independence. And then he rails against onshore wind turbines.To say that the Conservatives failed to foist new houses on rural areas is wrong. It was their national planning policy framework that unleashed rampant executive housebuilding of four- and five-bedroom homes on villages and towns across rural England. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Rural development won\u2019t solve Britain\u2019s housing crisis | Letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Communities need affordable properties, not executive homes, writes Dr James Derounian. Plus letters from Valerie...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-C7i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106486,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/net-loss-of-housing-to-wealthy-incomers-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":146524,"position":0},"title":"Net loss of housing to wealthy incomers | Letters","date":"April 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Guardian readers respond to a range of stories on the UK housing crisisThe government should help families like the Earles by keeping rents affordable (Priced out: \u2018We had to choose: eat dinner or stay warm\u2019, 22 April). Instead it actively makes their situation worse. On Arran and in other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135724,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tougher-second-homes-regulations-come-into-force-in-wales\/","url_meta":{"origin":146524,"position":1},"title":"Tougher second homes regulations come into force in Wales","date":"April 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Council tax and planning changes aim to make housing more affordable for those on local incomesRadical measures giving councils in Wales a raft of extra powers designed to stop second homes hollowing out communities, especially in coastal and rural areas, have come into force.Local authorities across Wales are using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95495,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/if-we-value-rural-britain-we-cant-build-houses-all-over-it-simon-jenkins\/","url_meta":{"origin":146524,"position":2},"title":"If we value rural Britain, we can\u2019t build houses all over it | Simon Jenkins","date":"August 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The countryside should not be up for speculative land grab \u2013 we need clear rules about which areas are open for developmentGovernment housing policy has lost all contact with planning Britain\u2019s countryside. This week the Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE) is up in arms over house-building\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81770,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/loophole-used-to-cut-affordable-housing-in-rural-england-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":146524,"position":3},"title":"Loophole used to cut affordable housing in rural England \u2013 report","date":"March 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government urged to tighten planning laws that are currently being exploited by developersDevelopers are managing to dodge building tens of thousands of affordable homes in rural areas where they are most needed because of a legal loophole in planning laws, according to research by the homeless charity Shelter and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":121749,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/china-to-cap-annual-urban-rent-increases-at-5-per-cent-to-rein-in-runaway-prices-and-make-homes-affordable-to-job-seekers\/","url_meta":{"origin":146524,"position":4},"title":"China to cap annual urban rent increases at 5 per cent to rein in runaway prices and make homes affordable to job seekers","date":"August 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r China\u2019s government plans to put a lid on rental charges in the nation\u2019s cities to rein in runaway housing costs, after years of draconian crackdowns have failed to make urban housing more affordable for the millions of people who enter the job market.Rental charges in urban areas will not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":110703,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/taking-back-control-of-my-borders-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":146524,"position":5},"title":"Taking back control of my borders | Brief letters","date":"September 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Commons reputation | Rural loneliness | Bristol syntax | Call me Ishmael | Overgrown gardenA Conservative ex-minister faces a string of allegations including 2,000 sexual texts to two young women that finally did for his ministerial career. Yet the parliamentary standards watchdog has cleared him of wrongdoing: it is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}