{"id":171146,"date":"2026-03-14T00:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/making-affordable-housing-a-distant-prospect-letter\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:34:54","slug":"making-affordable-housing-a-distant-prospect-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/making-affordable-housing-a-distant-prospect-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Making affordable housing a distant prospect | Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe towns newly crowned as \u2018affordable\u2019 are simply the latest recipients of metropolitan overflow, says Richard EltringhamYour piece on \u201caffordable commuter hotspots\u201d was a welcome reminder that, in Britain, affordability is now a theoretical concept best observed from a moving train (Revealed: the new affordable commuter hotspots in Great Britain, 7 March). Only here could a house become \u201caffordable\u201d the moment you attach a season ticket priced like a minor surgical procedure. It\u2019s the sort of logic that would make sense only to someone who has never attempted either.We\u2019ve quietly accepted that the solution to unaffordable housing is \u2026 distance. Not building\u00a0homes, not reforming planning, just encouraging people to live far enough away that the numbers look respectable on a spreadsheet. The towns newly crowned as \u201caffordable\u201d are simply the latest recipients of metropolitan\u00a0overflow, rewarded with more commuters and none\u00a0of\u00a0the infrastructure. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/mar\/13\/making-affordable-housing-a-distant-prospect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making affordable housing a distant prospect | Letter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The towns newly crowned as \u2018affordable\u2019 are simply the latest recipients of metropolitan overflow, says&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-171146","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-Iwq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170944,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/revealed-the-new-affordable-commuter-hotspots-in-great-britain\/","url_meta":{"origin":171146,"position":0},"title":"Revealed: the new affordable commuter hotspots in Great Britain","date":"March 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The lowdown on journey times, season ticket costs and average house prices in places you should know aboutIn pictures: homes for sale in new commuter hotspots in EnglandThe commuter belt is being redrawn. 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