Rose Grayston
@rosegrayston.bsky.social
Campaigning for the right to good, affordable, secure housing for all - without wrecking the planet.
I can believe there are brownfield sites in London that can't meet the 35% #AffordableHousing threshold. I just don't believe they'll build out quickly and deliver useful homes if we slash AH policies, given weak market demand. A job for grant, if ever there was one!
February 13, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I can believe there are brownfield sites in London that can't meet the 35% #AffordableHousing threshold. I just don't believe they'll build out quickly and deliver useful homes if we slash AH policies, given weak market demand. A job for grant, if ever there was one!
PDR homes have at points been created with no windows, no space standards, no bin collections.
Who would live in homes like this, built below normal standards? People with no choice, like homeless people. NOT usually aspirant homeowners.
Who would live in homes like this, built below normal standards? People with no choice, like homeless people. NOT usually aspirant homeowners.
February 13, 2024 at 10:14 AM
PDR homes have at points been created with no windows, no space standards, no bin collections.
Who would live in homes like this, built below normal standards? People with no choice, like homeless people. NOT usually aspirant homeowners.
Who would live in homes like this, built below normal standards? People with no choice, like homeless people. NOT usually aspirant homeowners.
PDR homes are far more likely to be used as Temporary Accommodation or private rented homes for people on low incomes.
This makes sense. The whole point of PDR is to undercut quality standards. When developers don't have to get planning permission, they can "create" crap homes.
This makes sense. The whole point of PDR is to undercut quality standards. When developers don't have to get planning permission, they can "create" crap homes.
February 13, 2024 at 10:13 AM
PDR homes are far more likely to be used as Temporary Accommodation or private rented homes for people on low incomes.
This makes sense. The whole point of PDR is to undercut quality standards. When developers don't have to get planning permission, they can "create" crap homes.
This makes sense. The whole point of PDR is to undercut quality standards. When developers don't have to get planning permission, they can "create" crap homes.
Cutting #SocialHousing and AH from brownfield sites would actually slow down development, as these sites would be left seeking buyers for market sale homes in the context of higher mortgage costs and squeezed household budgets. Whereas demand for AH is virtually unlimited.
February 13, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Cutting #SocialHousing and AH from brownfield sites would actually slow down development, as these sites would be left seeking buyers for market sale homes in the context of higher mortgage costs and squeezed household budgets. Whereas demand for AH is virtually unlimited.
This is the slow death of policy and funding programmes by a thousand strings, and we see it all over Whitehall & Westminster.
1. Announce new money
2. Run expensive competitive bidding process to access money
3. Allocate money to LAs
4. Take money back
5. Re-announce money 🤑
1. Announce new money
2. Run expensive competitive bidding process to access money
3. Allocate money to LAs
4. Take money back
5. Re-announce money 🤑
January 4, 2024 at 12:28 PM
This is the slow death of policy and funding programmes by a thousand strings, and we see it all over Whitehall & Westminster.
1. Announce new money
2. Run expensive competitive bidding process to access money
3. Allocate money to LAs
4. Take money back
5. Re-announce money 🤑
1. Announce new money
2. Run expensive competitive bidding process to access money
3. Allocate money to LAs
4. Take money back
5. Re-announce money 🤑