People park them in Washington DC (known for being a difficult housing situation even if, like Hanover, you have a job.) Could people do that where you live? — Mongrel
A way of helping recipients budget? Are you fucking kidding me? They need to get their priorities straight, and the sooner the better. They've made a right mess of it. — Sapientia
One difficulty in getting political traction here is that 'they' include both Conservatives and originally New Labour. — mcdoodle
It seems the problem is the government, having severely limited the construction of new homes, thus making demand high and supply low and thereby creating increased prices.
The other solution is to get a better job. I know it sounds so American of me, but when there's a problem, how about looking within for the solution instead of asking for help. — Hanover
affordable housing — Sapientia
when there's a problem, how about looking within for the solution instead of asking for help — Hanover
So, even if I got a better paid job, the problem wouldn't go away, it would just go away for me - after a successful application, that is. — Sapientia
The problem is that the pace of housing development is not at equilibrium with the pace of population growth. — m-theory
Good luck. Have you considered lowering housing costs by pooling resources with compatible people? It's definitely not everybody's nice cuppa tea, but it might be a step up. Something sort of communal, but not slovenly...? — Bitter Crank
I feel your pain. McDoodle's suggestion of moving to a cheaper county might be a good idea too -- but where life is cheaper is often where the means of support are diminished. — Bitter Crank
Is 1 room of one's own enough for now? — Bitter Crank
...when there's a problem, how about looking within for the solution instead of asking for help. — Hanover
Thanks for wishing me luck. — Sapientia
You do make a valid point here, which is that your resolving your problem won't resolve the overall problem. I will say, though, that a major part of the public assistance problem is that many (maybe you, maybe not) do not do all they can for themselves but instead find public assistance (which would include housing subsidies) an easier way out and a disincentive to self sustain. As I've noted, I have little problem providing for those who truly can't provide for themselves, but once those who really don't need the help start requesting it, everyone suffers because the resource is limited. What then happens is that there are demands that the rich give more, which is certainly something I've read on this board. — Hanover
And so while I can't resolve THE problem, I do think it's reasonable to resolve the best I can one person at a time, with the understanding that eventually there'll be some that really need aid and then we can deal with them one person at a time. — Hanover
Problems finding affordable housing usually occur in very high demand areas. — Hanover
The solution from a free market perspective (which I would advocate) would be to increase supply, which would mean allowing greater development of currently undeveloped land. — Hanover
The problem of affordable housing is not a problem one person can resolve with self sufficiency.
The problem is that the pace of housing development is not at equilibrium with the pace of population growth.
In fact in the youtube vid I posted the current rate of housing development in the UK is about half the rate of current population growth.
If this is true then all of the UK will be a "high demand area."
No one person can produce a solution to that problem simply from being self reliant it will require a concerted effort of many people.
Sometimes when all you have is a hammer it begins to seem as though every problem is a nail.
But in this case the problem is not the result of a lack of self sufficiency so self reliance will not be how the solution is applied. — m-theory
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