...over 15 years
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There are a number of factors - but it all boils down to an acute housing shortage:-
1) There are over 12,000 on the housing waiting lists for the 3 local authorities
2) in 2007 house prices had increased to 9 times average earnings from 4 times over a 10 year period
3) every year nearly twice as many social houses are sold or demolished than are built.
So the only long-term way to make homes possible - bought or rented - for people entering the housing market is to build more houses. You & I may be OK but every year it will get harder and harder to find a home for those less fortunate.
I'm not being political - just lobbing a few facts to help the discussion along!
Posted By: robert_rosario on March 9th 2011 at 18:56:19
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- fao: worzelface (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 9, 18:30:55
- ...over 15 years (General Chat) - robert_rosario, Mar 9, 18:56:19
- thanks for the info, appreciated (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 9, 19:06:32
- couldn't agree more.... (General Chat) - robert_rosario, Mar 9, 19:33:53
- thanks for the info, appreciated (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 9, 19:06:32
- no, it's just Selwyns is moving his family there. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Mar 9, 18:45:42
- no idea, but I'd strongly imagine they're going to be for social reasons (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 9, 18:37:33
- isn't that what Thetford's for? (n/m) (General Chat) - dear prudence, Mar 9, 19:28:00
- they want to put 375 new homes in my village (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 9, 18:52:29
- that's a pretty major change (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 9, 18:55:28
- It wouldn't be that many more people though. (General Chat) - Arganth, Mar 9, 19:22:15
- 2.4 is the average household occupancy (n/m) (General Chat) - Astroturf, Mar 9, 19:41:59
- At the moment. I bet it's decreasing... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Mar 9, 19:43:24
- I was wrong it's actually 2.29, was 2.4 when I use to need to know. (General Chat) - Astroturf, Mar 9, 19:47:45
- and as life expectancy increases.... (General Chat) - robert_rosario, Mar 9, 20:41:49
- I was wrong it's actually 2.29, was 2.4 when I use to need to know. (General Chat) - Astroturf, Mar 9, 19:47:45
- At the moment. I bet it's decreasing... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Mar 9, 19:43:24
- 2.4 is the average household occupancy (n/m) (General Chat) - Astroturf, Mar 9, 19:41:59
- It wouldn't be that many more people though. (General Chat) - Arganth, Mar 9, 19:22:15
- that's a pretty major change (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 9, 18:55:28
- ...over 15 years (General Chat) - robert_rosario, Mar 9, 18:56:19
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