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Abolish planning permission fees for small developments
The current planning system is a major obstacle to getting new homes built, and the fees associated with it are a big part of the problem. These fees can be a significant burden for small developers and individual homeowners who want to bui
Enough with the empty flats! Time to tax empty homes into use.
We need a serious policy to tackle the scandal of empty homes sitting vacant across Scotland while families struggle to find affordable housing. This proposal calls for a significant increase in council tax on properties that have been unoc
Enough with the "affordable" housing that's just slightly less unaffordable!
How can anyone look at house prices and genuinely say we have a housing crisis? It's like saying a leaky roof is just a "ventilation feature." We need a complete overhaul, not these pathetic tweaks that barely make a dent. My proposal is s
Stop the Short-Term Let Landlords Ruining Our Villages
Honestly, it drives me mad. Everywhere you look in Bakewell, and across the Peak District really, you see 'Holiday Let' signs. Houses that should be for families, for nurses, for teachers, are just empty shells for half the year, or even mo
Fixing the Housing Mess Once and For All
I'm sick of seeing young families priced out of our area, forced to move to some soulless new development on the outskirts of town, all because the council's too soft on developers who only care about profits. It's not just about the prices
Enough Is Enough: Put British Families First on Housing
Went to see my mate Dave down at the pub last week. He’s a plumber, works bloody hard. His daughter, she’s 28, still living at home with him and his wife. Says she’ll never get on the ladder now. Saw her the other day trying to buy a coffee
Let's Stop Pretending Council Housing is the Answer
I was talking to my mate Dave the other day, you know, the plumber? He was telling me about a job he did at a new build estate down the road. Lovely houses, all snazzy solar panels and driveways. But half of them are sitting empty. Turns ou
Stop Pricing Out Our Kids
I was talking to a parent at the school gates the other day and she was telling me about her son who's just graduated from university and is now working in London, but he's having to share a tiny flat with three others just to be able to af
Fix Welsh Housing Before It's Too Late
What's the point of having a country with its own government if we can't even sort out housing for our own people. I mean think about it, we've got Welsh families stuck on waiting lists for years while outsiders buy up properties for holida
Stop Pricing Out Our Kids
What's the point of working hard and saving up if our own kids can't afford to live near us, I mean it's getting ridiculous. I was talking to my daughter the other day and she's looking at flats in Birmingham, prices are just insane, she's
Enough of these 'luxury flats' nobody local can afford! We need proper homes.
I was walking past the old post office down the road the other day, you know the one. It’s been boarded up for ages, an eyesore. Now I hear they’re planning to knock it down and build more of those ridiculously expensive flats aimed at inve
Stop letting developers just buy up villages for holiday lets!
We need a national policy that gives local councils the power to limit the number of new properties built specifically for holiday lets or second homes. My town of Bakewell is drowning in them, and it’s pushing ordinary families out because
Enough is Enough: Let's Actually Build Some Decent Homes for Working People
We need a radical shift in housing policy, starting with a massive, publicly funded social housing building program. This isn't about tinkering around the edges; it's about addressing a crisis that's locking generations out of a secure futu
Housing benefits are a bandage on a broken leg, let’s build more houses and cut the red tape
It's absolutely nuts how much rents have shot up in Brighton. I know a couple, young professionals, both working hard, and they're paying an absolute fortune just for a tiny flat near Fiveways. It’s not just them, my kids' nursery staff, lo
Enough is Enough: Our Own People Need Homes First
With all due respect, this talk of banning foreign nationals from social housing is a start, but it doesn't go far enough. We need a clear, prioritised system that puts British citizens, particularly those who have contributed to this count
Kick Out the Luxury Flats, Bring Back Affordable Homes
I'm proposing that we introduce a new rule that at least 50 percent of all new housing developments in Bristol have to be affordable homes, and I think it's about time someone did something about the luxury flat epidemic in our city. The fa
Stop Pricing Out Our Kids from Housing
I'm fed up with seeing my students' families struggle to find decent housing in our area, it's like the system is designed to keep them down. I've had kids come to school exhausted because their family's been forced to move to the other sid
Build on Brownfield Sites Not Greenbelt
We should be building new homes on old industrial sites not on green spaces that people around here actually care about. This is just common sense, we've got loads of old factories and pits that are just sitting empty, why are we letting de
Require 50% affordable housing in new developments
The state of housing in our city is dire, with far too many people priced out of even the smallest apartments. It's not uncommon to see entire families crammed into tiny flats, or young professionals forced to share with multiple roommates
Stop letting developers price out locals with luxury flats nobody can afford
Why are we building endless blocks of flats that are snapped up by overseas investors or left empty as 'investments' while local families are crammed into tiny rentals or waiting years for social housing? It’s madness, and frankly, it’s hea