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Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows
(www.theguardian.com)
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NIMBYism is killing this country. We have the smallest available housing stock in Europe by some margin. Labour are right to be trying to make a dent in the issue.
They could always start with this issue:
https://www.actiononemptyhomes.org/why-empty-homes-matter
There are 28 million families in the UK. [1]
Your article implies there are 25 million houses and 1 million is empty. [2]
The empty houses in the photos are not suitable for living in and should be condemned if they haven't already. Rebuilding a mid-terrace house is not simple and even after blow all of that we managed 1 million out of the 4 million required to at least have one home per family. That sounds like a terrible plan to work on the most expensive work and ultimately not make a dent in the issue.
[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2023#%3A%7E%3Atext=There+were+28.4+million+households%2C-parent+family+%2811%25%29.
[2] https://www.actiononemptyhomes.org/why-empty-homes-matter