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The solution to our housing crisis is to build many more affordable housing, not worth the undeserving poor Riddle

The sound housing policy chew politicians is as low as is disappointing. The dull roar of the pack to the same land, barren land of low morale, which is supposed to push votes cheap

Ed Miliband is the last, when we talk about "hard choices" in the face of a shortage of social rented housing - in London the shortage is so acute that the number of households in the waiting lists increased from 197 000 to the city over 360,000 since the beginning of this century.

This statistic is simply a measure of a crisis of overcrowding, lack of supplies and high prices in the capital. However, the leader of the best remedy work might suggest tinkering with allocation priorities pious "to help the person who shows responsibility" of any kind.

In Westminster Tory term which means to discriminate against people who are unemployed. The board says it "recognizes and rewards" those who are "contributing to the economy." In other words, kick in the teeth hard for people who have been victims of the recession.

housing rights of the council or housing associations depend on meeting an arbitrary rule of virtue would not think to apply elsewhere? As Steve Hilditch group housing in London Labour rhetorically asks if "the only people who contribute to society ... free medical care or have their bins collected or go to Oxford or to obtain tax relief for retirement or be able to drive on highways? "

comfort SoundBite where fierce anger of the wise investment of liquidity and capital should be. A movement against "something for nothing" mentality coupled with unemployment job seekers who are actually fraudsters job is fine, but if they are bad citizens more likely to work for £ 6 per hour Widgets-R - if you live in some unreliable, it is costly basement Rachman (and while they're at it, adding to the housing benefit bill ?).

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. Older readers may recall the glorious London Plan conservative Dame Shirley Porter, whose housing policy was described by the auditor of the district at the time as "outrageous and improper gerrymandering" and ultimately cost him £ 12 million . Out of the war against the lady grew Walterton and Elgin Community Homes, a housing association resident Tory controlled Westminster legislation is used to remove hundreds of home ownership and evil municipal authority is now considered "a beacon of owned housing the community. "
a struggle to create something similar happening in the neighborhood of Hammersmith and Fulham, the jewel of the city radical conservatives today. Two adjacent properties are threatened with demolition as part of the gigantic plan of Earls Court redevelopment. Council leader Stephen Greenhalgh and development capital and the counties to insist that the deletion of the farms that help make life better for everyone in the region. They promise all the household goods of a new home that is as good as their "development zone" with the same current family income and security. The campaign against the demolition is said that the vast majority of people want to save their property and manage themselves. Greenhalgh has not warmed to his suggestion that the question be now put.