Cameron 'Demolish sink council estates'

[poppet2]

Surely it can't be because of the design of these sink council estates.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35274783

Edited January 10, 2016 by poppet2

[Anna B]

Just another one of Cameron's attention seeking soundbites.

 

Impossible to happen and even if it did id wouldn't cure poverty.

 

Actually, it sounds more as though he wants to do away with Council housing altogether.

[tinfoilhat]

Good idea in principle but until there are a lot more houses built there's no point.

[I1L2T3]

It's a start.

 

Obviously none of these sink estates will be on prime land in inner London

[poppet2]

Private landlords must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Where else will these social housing tenants go while the works takes place?

 

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It's a start.

 

Obviously none of these sink estates will be on prime land in inner London

 

Yes they will. Three have already been mentioned in London.

[I1L2T3]

Private landlords must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Where else will these social housing tenants go while the works takes place?

 

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Yes they will. Three have already been mentioned in London.

 

Ah they're fed up waiting for the effects of the benefits cap to flush out the remaining undesirables I guess.

[poppet2]

The problem is, this is a land grab for the private sector.

The houses rebuilt on these lands will be private and unaffordable to social tenants and housing benefit won't even cover the rent.

It's social cleansing by stealth.

[Anna B]

Might be a good idea if they got legislation in place to make the land grabbers who buy land just to hold onto it (big 4 supermarkets, for example, hold loads of land to prevent other supermarkets setting up business,) give it up for building houses.

[Eric Arthur]

Just another one of Cameron's attention seeking soundbites.

 

Impossible to happen and even if it did id wouldn't cure poverty.

 

Actually, it sounds more as though he wants to do away with Council housing altogether.

If Jeremy had said he wanted to rebuild council estates you'd have been all over it like a rash to say what at fantastic idea it is.

 

Oh hang on, he already did when he said “There is no answer to this housing crisis that doesn’t start with a new, very large, very active council housebuilding project,” Corbyn told delegates. Labour promises “investment in council housing, affordable homes, to rent and to buy”.

 

 

Private landlords must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Where else will these social housing tenants go while the works takes place?

 

I don't think that anyone will be demolishing every house and flat on the Manor before building new ones.

[poppet2]

Sink estates only exist due to a small element that spoil it for others, ie drug dealers, prostitution, graffetti artists, gangs. It's nothing to do with the design and rat runs.

These problems didn't exist when they were first built and new families moved in.