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"500 more affordable homes to be built in Edinburgh"
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Posted 10 years ago #
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Lot of building of new houses in muirhouse. Penny well road closed to cars. Not to bikes. As. Negotiated the various sites and then went on to barnton via muirhouse green (an earlier better quality social housing development) I was considering that buildings can improve the quality of people's lives. Architects and planners are learning from earlier mistakes?
Posted 10 years ago # -
Of course the sad truth is that by labelling some new builds as "Affordable homes", it means all the rest are actually "Unaffordable"... :)
Posted 10 years ago # -
I think the marketing term is "luxury apartments". Edinburgh's pretty unaffordable most places, must be said.
Posted 10 years ago # -
"it means all the rest are actually "Unaffordable"... :)"
There's a(t least one) thread on this somewhere.
There are MANY factors.
People no longer want to live in a 'room and kitchen' with half a dozen kids. Over recent decades the arrival of a baby has signalled a desire to 'move to the suburbs' - or Fife and the Lothians. This has consequences - building on the 'green belt', more traffic etc.
It's only the heroic few (disproportionately on here!) who consider commuting by bike.
Of course Edinburgh is a nice place to live - and there is a reasonable 'supply' of jobs'. This signifies a 'healthy economy'.
Houses/flats are no longer (if they ever were) 'just places to live'. Those who can, buy - it's normal (in the UK at least). Those who can't, rent - if they can find anywhere 'affordable'...
Governments and people 'expect' houses prices to 'rise forever' - preferably ahead of inflation. Of course that doesn't always 'work'!
It's a problem without any 'politically acceptable' solutions.
Posted 10 years ago #
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