I’m curious that you point out the need for social / affordable housing in London & the need for investment in low housing cost areas needing regeneration (which would presumably include building social / affordable housing) - and yet no mention of high cost areas, principally coastal & rural , where high housing costs are driven by investors & second home owners causing locals (especially young people) to leave in their droves. Neither Labour nor any other party as far as I can see appears to be willing to grapple with our culture that views land & property principally as an investment rather than a means to house people.
Completely agree - and also driven by landlords moving into short-term letting where I live in Cornwall. I was contrasting what the report was saying about regeneration funding with what I thought was missing from it (investment in social housing in London but yes other high-cost areas too). Your last point about not challenging the prevailing culture is part of what I meant about treating housing as a means to an end rather than an end in itself.
I’m curious that you point out the need for social / affordable housing in London & the need for investment in low housing cost areas needing regeneration (which would presumably include building social / affordable housing) - and yet no mention of high cost areas, principally coastal & rural , where high housing costs are driven by investors & second home owners causing locals (especially young people) to leave in their droves. Neither Labour nor any other party as far as I can see appears to be willing to grapple with our culture that views land & property principally as an investment rather than a means to house people.
Completely agree - and also driven by landlords moving into short-term letting where I live in Cornwall. I was contrasting what the report was saying about regeneration funding with what I thought was missing from it (investment in social housing in London but yes other high-cost areas too). Your last point about not challenging the prevailing culture is part of what I meant about treating housing as a means to an end rather than an end in itself.