Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:West Ealing Tower Blocks and A2Dominion | |
Posted by: | Philip Coe | |
Date/Time: | 16/06/19 13:15:00 |
I appreciate that the London Local Authorities are under pressure to provide more housing but, given that London is the economic powerhouse of the UK, I suspect that demand is insatiable and new housing will only alleviate homelessness/waiting lists for a short while. A bit like adding more lanes to the M25 to cut congestion. Perhaps works in the short trerm but then attraction and demand grows and congestion returns. Whilst everyone in the UK (and Europe?) has a legal right to live in London that does not mean they all can, or will, be housed. Indeed I have a right to live in Mayfair and would love to move there from Ealing but I can't afford either outright purchase or the rent and probably would not qualify for social housing. So much for my "rights"? So why not put a cap on the upper population of London and stop this current wave of high rise residentail blocks shoe-horned into small site suburban areas? Or are we aiming to be a mega-city like Beijing (21M)? |