{"id":52979,"date":"2017-04-26T15:05:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T08:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-not-perverse-of-housing-associations-to-build-homes-david-orr\/"},"modified":"2017-04-26T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T08:19:35","slug":"its-not-perverse-of-housing-associations-to-build-homes-david-orr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-not-perverse-of-housing-associations-to-build-homes-david-orr\/","title":{"rendered":"It's not perverse of housing associations to build homes | David Orr"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe\u2019d all love more public money going into genuinely affordable rented homes, but that\u2019s not going to happen. We have found our own way forwardSteve Hilditch has been an articulate and informed writer on housing issues for a long time. What he says is usually thoughtful and worth listening to \u2013 which is why his most recent piece is so disappointing. We are used to evidence-free accusations from many in the media about housing associations losing their mission and social purpose. It\u2019s quite a surprise when similar evidence-free accusations come from Hilditch. His central suggestion is that some housing associations \u201chave become developers first and foremost\u201d. Indeed, they have, as they have always been. Housing associations\u2019 mission is based on building new homes for people in need. To accuse them of losing their purpose because they are building homes is perverse. This is what they are for. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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We\u2019d all love more public money going into genuinely affordable rented homes, but that\u2019s not...<\/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-52979","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-dMv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52710,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-associations-have-lost-their-way-steve-hilditch\/","url_meta":{"origin":52979,"position":0},"title":"Housing associations have lost their way | Steve Hilditch","date":"April 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Too many housing associations have focused on being developers. 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