How to build beautiful social housing in a crisis

The UK has a housing crisis. Whether it is renting or buying, a lack of decent, affordable homes is one of the biggest issues facing Britain today. But some are trying to fix it. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News...)
The architect Peter Barber has been winning awards for turning tiny patches of land into innovative estates and houses, designed not just to be beautiful - but to foster a sense of community too.
Are these new social housing projects a way to help solve the UK's housing crisis?
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[@r8chlletters]

This is so great. There’s no reason to endure shabby, horrible and deprived housing for people.

[@mrmrmrcaf7801]

Welfare state...how about working hard and building your own houses? Stop begging...and throw out these migrants, you have enough houses.

[@richardsony7033]

@@mrmrmrcaf7801totally agree. You should see those people. They don’t and cannot survive in the real world it’s sad. Just fueling a generation that doesn’t know anything about consequences.

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

Most of the modern social housing is indistinguishable from private housing.

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

@robertjones2053 It's 80% market value for social housing now: affordable rents are set at a higher price than the old social rents. If you don't want to live next to social tenants, don't, but being a home owner who was bought up in social housing, I can promise you some social tenants are much nicer than you think. As for your jealousy issues: part of my job is evicting social tenants who can not afford their rent. I don't like doing it, but given the current climate, it's a necessary evil. You can also benefit from affordable home ownership schemes or private rental if you so chose. I doubt very much that your neighbouring tenant is only paying £650. I think they are probably paying closer to £1000 pcm, if it's a modern affordable let. Have you actually seen their rent statement? For the monthly rent x weekly by 52 & divide by 12. I think you are xing an old rent by 4. It's probably over £190 weekly now. More likely £200 plus, if it's a £250,000 property.

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

@@robertjones2053 I have social tenants on my patch paying the same, in some cases more than you.

[@manfredbazarov6417]

The idea of shared communal spaces is great, but it really depends on the character of the people living there. If its full of alcoholics, junkies and ASBO kids, those communal areas will soon become miserable and instead of a thriving community ,will feel like another craphole estate segregated from the outside world, where the respectable residents suffer.

[@werewolfcountry]

I agree, I think that's why they are not all going to be social houses. Some will be available to purchase in order to diversify the income brackets. The Barbican was an interesting case (when it was first built) where it was subsidised for professionals. Whilst none of it was social housing, it was still income diverse and was successful. I guess my belief is (and it may be naive) that you are better building housing for everyone that is mixed and not zoned in order for there to be less segregation.

[@chaselee86]

I think it's better to have mixed space that suits different needs, e.g. some with pedestrian streets with little shops, some with community garden, some more isolated and better sound insulation for those who don't want to socialize.

[@simonmorgan225]

100% agree I would never buy a house anywhere near social housing ever again. There are always scum there who make life miserable for everyone else. Scummy people raising scummy kids.

[@JackMellor498]

Then you also have to ensure that amenities and welfare services are close by and well funded, and people have good jobs that pay good wages to commute to, so you eliminate those issues as much as possible. Bulls*it jobs and bad Ts and Cs in those jobs are the scourge of our society for the past 20-30 years.

[@housingsector]

Couldn't agree more. Need to carefully manage any ASB complaint

[@conorokelly4579]

Peter and his practice is a huge inspiration for a generation of young architects in the UK and Ireland. Keep at it! 🤝

[@neeciiw7840]

Here here💙💯

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

UK in 1980 : Every citizen deserves a home. UK in 2023 : Thou peasants are beneath me.

[@joannedibben2352]

Yea you got that spot on

[@twohopes8353]

you think it is sustainable to give a house to anyone coming in you r country ? in uk all you need is a few kids and you on the top of the list. don't matter what country you are coming from...

[@ActuallyJamesS]

@@twohopes8353 Check your news sources if this is how things have been presented to you.

[@OMG-seriously]

​@@twohopes8353 if houses were actually being built and buying a house was affordable there wouldn't be a crisis, not building affordable council homes have pushed up private rents and house prices, this benefits landlords which most politicians are and has people at the bottom fighting people whose homes have probably been bombed by Britain and have fled as refugees

[@thesharpshooter3651]

netherlands the same problem

[@seanrm]

The UK badly needs people like Peter Barber in charge of things, steering the ship, rather than being side-lined and having to constantly react to inept government policies.

[@mrmrmrcaf7801]

Sorry but that is exactly the man that the UK does NOT need...you need someone from the extreme right who is first of all a patriot and cares about his UK citizens not those from outside because you have reached the limit....it doesn't matter how many houses he can build from publics money, eventually the juice runs out , UK should be shut until repaired. That guy is just icing on top of a rotten core. Honestly what you need is someone who has the guts to put a few million people on ships and send them without mercy where they came from but this will never happen because there are many like you who do not see behind the smoke screen 👍Something like this is not unheard of, do you remember Australian transportation peaks? Well now you need 10x , to come back.

[@seanrm]

@@mrmrmrcaf7801 Many like me? I was talking about house building policy, not immigration policy.

[@tinterlight-iz5tl]

@@mrmrmrcaf7801 And then what? Back to the landed gentry?

[@housingsector]

Agreed

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

It is a sea change not to wake up thinking, "God must hate me today; look how horrible my unit is". God bless this designer and we pray for more of them.

[@gingerkilkus]

I think a housing crash will happen because all those people who bought homes over asking price, although it was at a low interest rate, they are over their heads. They have no equity if the housing prices continue to go down, and if for whatever reason they cannot afford the house anymore and it goes into foreclosure because even if they try to sell, they will not make any money. I think this will happen to a lot of people especially with the massive layoff predicted for the future and the cost of living rising at a high speed.

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[@lowcostfresh2266]

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[@TomD226]

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[@foxfoxfox_]

Thank you so much, Peter! I really wish there were more builds like this. The housing/rental crising in the U.K is out of control

[@findAplaceToCallHome]

This looks good. Hope it’s quality as well. When you live in a nice place it really does help with mental health to also help you get back on your feet

[@mrmrmrcaf7801]

Helps with mental health to get things for free 🤣have you tried to build something in your life? Remember when your mother begged you to study well at school? 🤣

[@M.Manique]

😪 I couldn’t agree with you more!

[@M.Manique]

@@mrmrmrcaf7801things for free? It helps with mental health just to have a place where it’s affordable! Where you have security! A home where you can stay and not get kicked out! So yes it does help with mental health its nothing to do with free but everything to do with security and affordability!

[@Azure-88]

@@mrmrmrcaf7801 Social housing/ council housing isn't free, the rent is just a few hundred pounds lower than the rent asked for by private landlords. It's not an insignificant amount, just affordable since it's not for profit.

[@RedstoneNinja99]

Yeah we lack 3rd spaces in modern architecture and just generally the way we build is isolating I really love the idea of shared courtyards!

[@Azalia2]

These look great. Not something mentioned in the film but... it's nice that someone recognises that brick is a really great building material for our climate. Done well, it can look great. And it keeps its look over decades. So many modern renders and cladding materials don't look their best after 5 years, never mind 40 or 50.

[@pocketmouses]

Would be nice with more greenery

[@JackMellor498]

3:09 I’m so glad he mentioned this. This is exactly what’s keeping younger people off the housing ladder. 80% of market value! It’s insane! How they can expect anyone but the very few who earn the most to buy these homes? The kind of wages that people make these days are not enough to quickly save up and buy. That landlords talk of houses being cheap when they’re £275,000 is evil! People make 20-30k a year, minus all their monthly spending commitments it’d take years and years and years to save up! The definition of affordable housing needs to desperately change! An Austrian, Danish, Swedish or Finnish person would look at our “affordable housing” and laugh in hysterics!

[@voicesrilanka1356]

Unfortunately Councils have started to Play games with the vulnerable. Rather than giving it to the eligible they have started to give the social housing to the people whom they like and there are BROKERS who work with the Estate agents and landlords have deals with the council in order to delay or forward the process of those who pay money to them. They charge upto £1500. I hope media look into this.

[@MrSebastianBlake]

Basically you saying they are more likely to give to a working couple then people on benefits?

[@voicesrilanka1356]

Working couple are eligible if they threatened with homelessness. I am saying they give it to the people whom they wish and to whom they pay.@@MrSebastianBlake

[@simonmorgan225]

​@@MrSebastianBlakedont blame them, I've worked in thousands of properties (social housing). And the vast majority dont look after them and leave the properties in a disgusting state.

[@JohnHuxleySavage]

Sounds like Nye Bevan's vision for housing that formed the basis for the post-war social housing boom! In 1949 he said: "If we are to enable citizens to lead a full life, if they are each to be aware of the problems of their neighbours, then they should be all drawn from the different sections of the community and we should try to introduce in our modern villages what was always the lovely feature of English and Welsh villages, where the doctor, the grocer, the butcher and farm labourer all lived in the same street. I believe that is essential for the full life of a citizen. I believe it is a necessary biological background for modern life and I believe it leads to the enrichment of every member of the community to live in communities of that sort." Until Thatcher sold off public housing stock and council houses stopped being built, they were a major part of British life, and even those in the top quintile of income earners rented social housing. And why not, when it is plentiful, good quality and affordable? Privatization, neoliberalism, capitalism and the unfettered worship of greed destroys individuals and communities.

[@BigHenFor]

Tory councils were the first to build tower Blocks.

[@billyliar1614]

Yes and why not add flying pigs into the mix ? Best we can hope for is for the poor half of the population to get out and lead a movement which demands state regulation of the market which privileges the wealthier half and the restriction of housing to meet demand. Not going to happen with the red and blue Tories

[@Lynnpjjbdndji]

Yes... we need a government building department that constructs social houseing ... cut the middle man out. !

[@emilydavison2053]

And remove the right to buy.

[@Adhyashakti123]

We hv that in Bharat (India)

[@jamescaley9942]

"I'm from the government, I'm here to help".

[@M.Manique]

100% agree on abolishing right to buy! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 finally someone agrees!!! These tenants will buy social housing only to sell off later social housing should only be given to the most vulnerable! I am in a hostel for nearly 3 years with 3 children waited over 10 years on the register with no priority given to us even though we are homeless!!!!!

[@JackMellor498]

We should be building this all over the country (as in not paving over the entire country but building them where they can be built in towns and cities) it’s criminal how much we’ve been screwed over by housing seen as a financial sector and not a human right, a mindset that understands the price of everything and the value of nothing. This is so based. I wish they’d raised the point though that this kind of housing exists all over Europe, and that we have a very unique housing crisis because landlords and RTB bought up our older social housing stock. Affordable well built nice social housing of a European quality is so desperately needed it hurts!

[@cianog]

Shared communal spaces only work in a utopia. Most likely you’ll have anti social behaviour or particular families dominating the space

[@lee9650]

Now this is actually a beautiful peace of architecture. Looks abit like a modern castle/ fortress. The issue will be if they start housing people there who don't appreciate it, it will soon start to look like a slum. I'm not sure why "avoiding isolation is crucial"? Sometimes people like there own space. Sometimes people don't want to here the neighbours privet conversations. Sometimes one might have rowdy, chavy neighbours that they don't want to be in frequent contact with.

[@Sid3M4n]

There is a solution for ending this crisis,allow people to buy land and allow them tonpark their home (park homes) on land without too many permissions. If i buy a 5k land and i have a bank loan for 30k to buy a park home, with 35k-40k you have a house. But some councils make this impossible just for the building companies to make a huge chunk of money on that land...and not you.

[@jimblack8104]

Lovely looking properties

[@matty506]

As tradesman I would hate to work on that estate. Can't park anywhere near the job.

[@one2greentree]

Thank god he mentioned ending right to buy!! One of the worst policies ever implemented.

[@REX4340]

Best build high rises with guards and communal gardens/sports facilities.

[@sevena.channel]

END 'RIGHT TO BUY'! & INTRODUCE RENT CONTOL.

[@perolagrande]

Rent control will just lead to no-one wanting to be a landlord. No-one owes you anything, and landlords don't have to stay invested in property, there are more lucrative opportunities available. Worth thinking about before spouting ludicrous pipe dreams. Why don't you ask your local supermarket to sell you everything at half price too? Good luck with that!

[@sevena.channel]

@@perolagrande - _"Rent control will just lead to no-one wanting to be landlord."_ - WRONG. Being a landlord can still be a profitable business even with rent control for the non-greedy and reasonable landlords. A number of countries have rent control and they still have many landlords doing just fine..

[@aliadeelsquad232]

If we end RIGHT TO BUY than what will happen to the people that want to buy houses get a mortgage have a property. What you are saying is wrong.

[@sevena.channel]

@@aliadeelsquad232those that want to buy a house can buy a house on the regular market like everyone else does.

[@Chris1553]

Biggest mistake Thatcher made, selling of council houses on the cheap, has cost us billions !!

[@markbenjamin1703]

Oh it was absolutely wonderful, to give the chance of somebody who had been paying rent all their lives to actually own their own home, their flat, or their house was a tremendous change.... Kenneth Baker-On the Right to Buy

[@Bigjohn277]

Same was said about the Byker Wall and look at it now, a total dump.

[@manfredbazarov6417]

Yes. That is my worry. These self-contained communities can become hellholes with the wrong characters living in them.

[@johnjakson444]

The arches giving it an Alhambra look, quite charming

[@MinkieWinkle]

we don't need social housing, we need all kinds of housing. social housing is not going to fix the high prices to buy homes, it is not going to fix the supply issue for the masses. A few people on welfare getting social housing will do nothing to fix the underlining problem, There simply is not enough houses and too many people moving here. supply and demand,

[@AB-zl4nh]

1. End Right To Buy in England. 2. Fine local councils that don't meet affordable housing targets. 3. Reward local councils that meet affordable housing targets. 4. Give England's Metro Mayor's the power to veto a local council rejecting housing development.

[@paulmessenger9836]

Lol how about working your way out of poverty

[@TomMAF4]

Important stuff!

[@2525Hudson]

They certainly don't look like social housing :) but architects like him are a rare thing, and what he says about ending the RTB and building social housing in the same way we did after WW2 is what i have been saying for years......... and i'm a landlord !

[@Alex-the-hobbit]

Of course it does! A good home is the foundation to a happy and healthy life.

[@Dublinireland5]

Building a social housing development with communal space i.e garden etc I found to be a mistake myself just over 20 years ago I moved into one of these types of developments and having a disability I wanted to sit in the communal space with a fold-up chair and have a pot of tea in the afternoon and I thought the other neighbors would respect that or want some type of similar lifestyle I didn't realize I was going to be living with prostitutes drug addicts drug dealers and alcoholics I came out of supported housing to live in one of these developments that you have here on KZbin and I stayed for about six months and was rehoused in my present social housing I've been here for about 20 years it's not perfect but it's better than the place I went to which I wasted a lot of money carpets curtains etc and then moved shade garden communal spaces does not work because all sorts of people are different

[@TheJohnM]

I live in a private development that has a bunch of communal courtyards. It's well maintained and full of birds, squirrels and nice people. The average person in social housing will just wreck places like this unfortunately.

[@lee9650]

Hear, hear!

[@tedcrilly46]

what you need is a local authority with leverage over would-be problem residents, and a financial deposit requirement before they move in. regulated by the courts, or by legally qualified mediators. so that those who cause problems stand to lose financially, and ultimately may lose the property. scummies only understand force.

[@lee9650]

@@tedcrilly46 No why over complicate things? Vandalism, drugs, littering, anti-social behaviour, urinating up walls, fighting and disturbing the kings peace etc.. are all already illegal. They just need to give more importance to enforcing these laws and cracking down on delinquent behaviour.

[@tedcrilly46]

@@lee9650 ok. well good luck with that. call the police, because that works. loss of money and being back in the housing market is a proper threat. and it can be built in to housing.

[@harlyslamm2888]

We need a planning reform! Its annoying that people want to develop their homes, but need a bitter neighbour's on another street's permission to do so! Every home in the UK has to have a minimum of liveable areas, for two bed, it should be 1000sqft, for 3 bed, it should be 1500sqft, 4bed 2000sqft etc etc

[@nellyb.9340]

Peter, could you please come and turn all these tower blocks in London into beautiful social living places because currently they’re prisons except that those living inside haven’t committed a crime!

[@sarahchapman7863]

Looks authoritarian and imposing and lacks privacy. Also people will likely fill that court yard full of junk and washing lines over time. There should be a green open area with benches.

[@tedcrilly46]

well if they're filling the yard with junk then it clearly isn't authoritarian enough. if people don't have something to lose, and the real potential to lose it, then you'll always get those few who abuse it. every public service should come with a 'fk around and find out' condition. especially housing.

[@werewolfcountry]

What is wrong with washing lines? They hang their washing out in Sicily and everyone talks about how beautiful the architecture is there.

[@clowncarqingdao]

Excellent ideas. I've seen these in various forms and lived near them in Vienna. Thoroughly normal elsewhere.

[@manjeetgill1]

If youve ever had to build any newbuild in thr UK, you will soon realise the hoops you have to jump through add massively to the costs. U values, structural guarabtee, council fees, fire test, part wall, blah blah blah. List is endless. And each one of these, whilst vital, is hugely expensive

[@simonmorgan225]

Really vital though are they.

[@allergy5634]

I mean… I would like my house to not collapse on me in a fire

[@gm2407]

Beautiful places here.

[@KJ-js7pi]

I feel like Barber has taken VERY liberal inspiration from Middle Eastern architecture

[@supersocashow3176]

A sensible approach with rising temperatures

[@azillliasmith2734]

Se but really we need less people arriving 👍🏻

[@Lando-kx6so]

Yes

[@user-xs9lx2vb9m]

We need social housing. The private sector is a failure when I come to those in poverty with the ridiculous prices people with nothing have to pay otherwise it's the gutters outside. The current housing sector system with regards to those in poverty is disgusting. Poor people are forced to love on homes they cannot afford by taking the already strained budget for food, taking it out of theirourhs and off they back to feed the landlord who also cannot afford the property they have taken. Ownership of as to why all the fees blow up the cost of rent because the landlord doesn't pay it, the poorest of us are exploited and forced to find the money to pay it or get out on the streets. Coming from Northumberland.

[@eattherich9215]

The shared ownership model is the very worst option for buyers.

[@janewatkins9801]

Fabulous. Well done 😊 ♥.

[@elizabethakpangni7955]

Even more motivation for me to continue with my Architectural studies 🙏🏾💜✨

[@scotsronaut1531]

Let’s not kid ourselves, we have the money and resources, nationally and globally to solve everyone’s housing, food and amenities issue. Collectively we chose not to utilise these resources fairly, individually the greedy and corrupt convince us we shouldn’t. Let’s not pretend it’s a “policy” issue, it’s capitalism issue.

[@dawoodwaris]

The problem is when a specific sect of community moves into this kind of social housing they will fail to integrate that will cause a divide inside.

[@jM-ez7fq]

We need more people like him in Ireland 🇮🇪 and Britain to shake up the housing system

[@housingsector]

There is such a need for housing that many housing providers are now exploiting this need by taking grants and building cheap. This leaves are with dilapidated stock they can't afford to fix ten years down the line.

[@magic_toaster8510]

This is how Wandsworth prison should be redeveloped, not turned into unaffordable, ugly apartments

[@solar2607]

I wish they had these in Istanbul 😢

[@twenty3_co_uk]

There are thousands of homes empty across the UK. Because the owners died with no will. The council should be able to take them over within 3 years. Not 10.....

[@paulmessenger9836]

Ok Conrad

[@uusrano]

The project shown looks too much like a fortress and too little like a comfortable home.

[@MyPhone-ml6pd]

Great 👌 Some of area looks like oldest Arabian horse.🎉

[@curtisw0234]

The free market is the best solution, (if the incentives are set up correctly). Implement a land value tax and everyone’s interests will be aligned, politically and economically

[@SoloSi2024]

Wouldn't mind if house prices came down. Less capital gains tax to pay, at the expense of The Treasury.

[@manofweed1]

We don’t really need anything. The market will decide as it always has done.

[@pinoyshortride5195]

How much is the maintenance cost passed on to the tenants 😂.

[@billyliar1614]

Situation won't change until the dispossessed masses get angry.

[@devinbutler3271]

Look at Singapore it worked for them!

[@geneytube18]

Wonderful, gorgeous man.

[@EmanuelJames-es8sn]

Without any hatred for anyone. Uk needs to curb overwhelming immigration from countries like india. Millions

[@Brazen1234]

all them usless student accommodation

[@__CND__]

This guy is talking sense! Affordable housing is not affordable, its social housing thats needed and the government should build it...

[@paulmessenger9836]

Always london

[@__CND__]

@@paulmessenger9836 not really always London though is it? Plenty of people can't afford to buy or rent and homeless exists across the UK.

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

People need greenery. There are no parks and no greenery in his vision. Not sure why everyone is praising him. I doubt if those town houses in Newark are social rents: they are almost certainly on affordable rents (which is higher than social rent at 80% of market value ).

[@dcanes5720]

What Part of the story is this really... Firstly this will only be done in wealthy areas, like finchley, a small number of homes will be social housing and only 'certain' families will be moved there, the rest go to rich or pretentious people... The boroughs with the biggest issues and no money won't be doing this. So the few social families put there is a drip in the bucket in terms of solving the housing backlog....but at least he is winning awards, that's the main thing 🙄

[@digitaldystopian]

Build it and they will come, like cockroaches.

[@user-tt6pq8tg1k]

It's a real shame, sad and very frightening listening to a council house being smashed to pieces whilst 24 hour parties going on but it's OK. Just council house renovations by the tenant. Perfectly all OK. Labour lol

[@5688gamble]

Why don't we just forcefully seie empty homes or large stately homes to make into social housing? Imagine how many families Rishi Sunaks mansion could house! We should ust squat on all the landlord parasites and empty second homes.

[@nameundefinedname5307]

shared ownership is a scam btw

[@100percent3]

Should have done better at school people.

[@brianmcmillan2065]

No Britain needs another Maggie

[@curtisfrancis726]

Chinese contractors build build build get it sorted..

[@nzo7294]

Wow

[@jebbo-c1l]

want to solve housing crisis, climate crisis, and lower inequality? Build public housing and improve public transport. You don't need flashy bullshit like EV's and container homes

[@garethwinstanley8843]

what we need to do 1.stop giving housing away to illegal immigrants 2.get people off the benefits that are lazy and able to work (reduce benefits on a month on month bases to force them into work hard but the truth hurts) 3.all new build should be contracted with solar panels on the roof not a stupid electric car charging port which most normal family's can't afford to buy a £20,000 plus electric car 4.invest money into cities where there is lots of houses that have been a banned due to no work in these cities to stimulate growth

[@dan79600]

I don't know about beautiful social housing. They look like an 18th century debtors' prison.

[@crown9413]

I imagine after some weathering it'll look authoritarian and imposing. Looks like castle ramparts.

[@emilydavison2053]

I think it looks fine and good quality. The people living there like it. Trees will mature in time. Much more attractive than plate glass tower blocks.

[@dan79600]

@@emilydavison2053 I grew up on social housing estate. These places don't get more attractive over time.

[@emilydavison2053]

@@dan79600 what's your suggestion? Tents?

[@gpatton1]

Everything needs a rebuild in the UK. Completely failed country

[@thembamabona9809]

You forgot to ask Jordan Peterson 😅 He has an answer for everything.

[@888ssss]

next - how to make a pension from fairy dust.....

[@user-ut3mi5iv8l]

O believers! Do not waste your charity with reminders ˹of your generosity˺ or hurtful words, like those who donate their wealth just to show off and do not believe in Allah or the Last Day. Their example is that of a hard barren rock covered with a thin layer of soil hit by a strong rain-leaving it just a bare stone. Such people are unable to preserve the reward of their charity. Allah does not guide ˹such˺ disbelieving people.

[@cdean2789]

We build Council homes after the war.

[@cdean2789]

Affordable 😂

[@perolagrande]

Social housing or council housing shouldn't exist, unless rents are charged at normal market rates, not the pittance councils typically charge. It's taxpayers' money that's being employed to build them, so the taxpayer has a right to a decent return, not a paltry one. I expect government to be a good steward of the nation's capital. Why rent houses out at a third of the cost of private rentals, which is effectively ripping off the taxpayer? Raising council house rents to market rates would bring in billions for councils to finance social care for the elderly and disabled for example. If we were to have a massive council house building programme, we'd need to considerably increase taxes to pay for it, and the tax burden is already at its highest since the late 1940s. So let's not have any of this Socialist nonsense of providing housing for people at desirory low rents.

[@TomMAF4]

Sounding a lot like a landlord but presuming not, it's a completely false economy to 'save' tax payers (which includ people in social housing btw) money by making people destitue and unable to participate in the economy. A healthy economy is powered by people spending money, and people don't spend money when they can't afford rent. You've bought into a massive con I'm afraid.

[@paulmessenger9836]

Stop worrying about what people own and go get yours

[@paulmessenger9836]

Who pays for in

[@nighttrain1236]

Doesn't really work when you want open borders though.

[@splottcardiff3993]

Who would actually purchase in a sea of social house development? 🤦‍♂️

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

The rich can buy an overpriced house somewhere else. Everyone else just cares about somewhere to live.

[@001HK0]

People who could newly afford to purchase housing after prices have been brought down.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

The only reason for the stigma against social housing is that it's so limited in availability that only the poorest people have access to it. In 1970 30% or the housing stock was social housing, now it's barely 16% and new builds are nonexistent. If enough was built, and up to good standards of quality then it would lose its negative perception.

[@lawrencewilson4826]

Loads of people would. Thousands of people already have. Your question is bizarre.

[@DilbertWhitehead]

​@@RealUlrichLelandsocial housing, as vital as it is, seems to have become less of a cushion to propel you forward in life to more of an entitlement that you will be looked after for life. And the more kids you have, the bigger the house you can get - which can act as an incentive

[@nuttall47]

Apt that they look middle eastern.

[@steve-fc6mc]

Everybody in the UK that is pro immigration should first be made to walk from John o groats to lands end. Then they should be made to walk from Tunisia to the Ivory coast. Only then should they have the right to talk about immigration into Britain!!!

[@andrewcoulson2375]

Why 🤷‍♂️

[@aikighost]

One could of course simply remove the source of the crisis. 🤣

[@bogglesbiggins1101]

The guy's wearing an EU badge lol

[@manfredbazarov6417]

And?

[@DilbertWhitehead]

Having a welfare state but discouraging the wealth that pays for it 🤦‍♂️ is this the future under Labour?

[@emilydavison2053]

What have the tories done with the nation's wealth? Wasted, stolen, false economies. Sold our water, HS2 fiasco, liz Truss etc etc

[@fishgodeep204]

No and fill them with illegal immigrants