Half of affordable new homes in rural England could be at risk if planning rules relaxed, analysis shows
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Half of affordable new homes in rural England could be at risk if planning rules relaxed, analysis shows
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From the article:
>The government has proposed ending affordable housing quotas – known as section 106 agreements – for new developments of between 10 and 49 houses in an effort to jumpstart sluggish housebuilding rates. Ministers are due to make a final decision within weeks on whether developers should be allowed to make cash payments to local authorities instead.
>Analysis of government figures by the National Housing Federation (NHF), however, suggests that in the most rural areas of England, more than half of all affordable homes are built on developments of this size.
>The organisation, which represents housing associations, warns that ending the requirement could cost the country 32,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years.
>In the absence of high rates of council housebuilding, section 106 agreements have become a vital source of affordable housing across the country, accounting for 36% of all affordable homes delivered in 2024-25.
Don’t relax the rules, just subsidize demand! It always works!
1. Demand for houses outstrips supply of houses.
2. Price of houses rises.
3. Don’t allow houses to be built at the sustainable price.
4. GOTO 1
Good, we don’t need more so-called “affordable” homes specifically, we need the absolute number of homes to go up as much as possible.
Don’t you understand, the voters and the council participants want:
• house prices low enough to be purchased
• consistently rise in value
• sold high as investment property
• but able to be bought cheaply as forever homes, with all the convenient amenities and space
• with a classic timeless feel and charm
• and modern features
• and occupied by “their” right kind of people in it.
How hard could it be, if that’s all that they’re asking for?