David Cameron vows to scrap requirement to build affordable homes for rent
I have long banged on about the quiet dignity of the rural poor and the fact that in many communities they have no voice. This policy taking the politics out of the equation is desparate news for rural communities. Rural economies provide lower wages and already higher housing costs than urban economies – allied with the impending sell of of housing association property who apart from the wealthy is going to remain in rural communities? This article tells us:
David Cameron will promise to sweep away planning rules that require property developers to build affordable homes for rent in a bid to increase the building of homes for first-time buyers.
In a bid to shift from generation rent to generation buy, Cameron will say in his speech at the Conservative party conference on Wednesday that he hopes his new starter homes proposal can unblock housebuilding in the UK by abolishing demands that developers provide a certain amount of affordable housing to rent in new developments.
The change is critical to the government reaching its challenging target of building 200,000 starter homes over this parliament and has been long demanded by private sector developers.
In one of his central policies due to be unveiled in his closing speech, Cameron will say: “For years politicians have been talking about building what they call affordable homes but the phrase was deceptive. It basically means ones that were only available for rent. What people want are homes they can actually own.