I am constantly surprised the government simply doesn’t start a construction company, compulsory purchase brown field land and just build fucking build.
Is this illegal or something? Is it those pesky Europeans stopping the government from doing this? Can’t they simply say, “fuck your objections we’re doing this”.
For years, successive governments have been in thrall to the large housebuilders. These businesses are incredibly bad for our society, building soulless estates with no facilities and with car-dependency baked in, all the while keeping supply deliberately short to inflate prices. Yet government always thinks these guys are the future of house building for some reason
This Labour government is almost ideologically identical to the Tory gov. They have imbibed neoliberal norms and we all have to pretend like it’s a perfectly sane way to run the state.
For ideological reasons sure Labour should welcome a government run public house building company. Nationalise It!. Same with Greens or this new Corbyn party. But you don’t hear anything like this.
I am constantly surprised the government simply doesn’t start a construction company, compulsory purchase brown field land and just build fucking build.
Is this illegal or something? Is it those pesky Europeans stopping the government from doing this? Can’t they simply say, “fuck your objections we’re doing this”.
For years, successive governments have been in thrall to the large housebuilders. These businesses are incredibly bad for our society, building soulless estates with no facilities and with car-dependency baked in, all the while keeping supply deliberately short to inflate prices. Yet government always thinks these guys are the future of house building for some reason
The tories won’t do this for idealogical reasons. Labour rarely have the political capital or will for anything like this at scale.
This Labour government is almost ideologically identical to the Tory gov. They have imbibed neoliberal norms and we all have to pretend like it’s a perfectly sane way to run the state.
For ideological reasons sure Labour should welcome a government run public house building company. Nationalise It!. Same with Greens or this new Corbyn party. But you don’t hear anything like this.
There must be something else going on.
@mannycalavera @RubberDuck
Swindon Borough Council has a housing company, not sure if that is close to what you mean?
https://www.swindon.gov.uk/news/article/1217/five-year_business_plan_to_provide_fresh_impetus_for_councils_housing_company