Homes for our own (From York Press)
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Homes for our own
10:25am Monday 1st October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
HERE we go again, more accommodation for students in the former garage in Lawrence Street. (Plans for student flats on show, September 25).
What about our own who were born in York, schooled in York and now work in York? They are paying all their dues, but cannot afford to rent or get on the property ladder.
Everyone does not want to share or get pregnant to get housing. Many have to stay with parents because unless you are visitors or students this council does not care.
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Comments(8)
Scarlet Pimpernel
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1:40pm Mon 1 Oct 12
The Council are to blame, and all those who were responsible for the policy. Do not be fooled that just because it was introduced by the Lib-dems during their tenure, that it was not the fault of Labour. It was Coun Dave Merrett's idea and he and Coun Simpson-Laing put pressure on the Lib-Dem's to introduce it, and Simpson-Laiong was the policy's biggest supporter/protector, and still is !
The current reduced targets only came into force because the council had no choice. They had to reduce them to 35% greenfield and 25% brownfield, because their viability study could not justify higher targets, and even then they are predicated on hypothetical massively discounted land values.
They still don't work and are too high, but, do they listen ?
York's housing crisis has been made far worse by this policy and it's the fault of Labour and certain politicised officers.
Prob
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8:27am Tue 2 Oct 12
If you don't build student houses, the cry is "students are taking all the houses for THE NORMAL HARD WORKING FAMILIES"
If you build them, it's "why aren't they building houses for NORMAL HARD WORKING FAMILIES"
And the argument goes on, and nobody ever wins or looks good whilst doing it.
capt spaulding
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1:56pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Matt_S
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11:58am Wed 3 Oct 12
capt spaulding
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9:55pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Matt_S wrote:Have you not seen how big the uni is expanding ? Obviously not !
errr...more accommodation for students means fewer students living in other property. Don't really see the problem here.
capt spaulding
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9:57pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Yes housing for you ordinary folks is well down the list.
Jezreel
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5:03pm Thu 4 Oct 12
capt spaulding wrote:Yes Capn,
Matt_S wrote:Have you not seen how big the uni is expanding ? Obviously not !
errr...more accommodation for students means fewer students living in other property. Don't really see the problem here.
We have noticed that the University is big. It is the major employer in the region providing thousands of permanent well paid jobs. Similarly St. John's University provides excellent jobs for our community.
Have you a problem with that?
capt spaulding says...
10:31am Mon 1 Oct 12
Well we all know it hasnt worked and the situation we now have is hotels and student flats.
Why because they dont attract the eroneous conditions attached to housing.
They still dont get it 50% of nothing is nothing. So your children will have to live at home or move to another authority to have any chance of a home of their own.