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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:07:58 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   One of the key issues that Labour will need to resolve is how to match their aspirations to expand the construction of (social) housing with the geographical and demographic 'housing need'... but as Alex Lord (ULiverpool) notes, currently housing need is a crude & undifferentiated metric to work from.

   Really assessing & then targeting a more nuanced depiction of housing need, should help Angela Rayner deliver on her promise(s) & get the right dwellings built!

   #housing
   
   https://theconversation.com/no-government-in-half-a-century-has-built-300-000-homes-every-year-but-thats-what-labour-wants-to-do-now-236442

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     Annie Radetzky (soupdragon@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:07:55 JST Annie Radetzky

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     • Epistatacadam

     @ChrisMayLA6 @urlyman @epistatacadam most vacant property is in probate or owned by people in long-term care. A mechanism for dealing with the remainder would be useful however there is already an empty homes premium in the Council Tax system. (UK)

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     Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:07:56 JST Jonathan Schofield

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     @epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6

     There is so much more that should be done https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/112877569716857593

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     Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:07:56 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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     @urlyman @epistatacadam

     I *think* I recall there was some talk on both, 1. Crack down on multiple home ownership &
     2. Crack down on vacant property at some point in the past, but as yet nothing concrete being suggested... your last point on environmental standards is interesting - see also @epistatacadam - not least of all for a small investment, one might see some wider useful economic effects

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     Epistatacadam (epistatacadam@toot.wales)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:07:57 JST Epistatacadam

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     @ChrisMayLA6 so long as she doesn't let the big builders convince her that high quality housing is far too expensive to build.
     It adds very little to the cost of a building about £1k to make it reach passivhus standard, so compared to the builders profit a flea bite.
     But instead social housing becomes cheap for the poor to live in. So adds to the local economy as the poor spend most of their income.

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     Annie Radetzky (soupdragon@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:34:16 JST Annie Radetzky

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     • Epistatacadam

     @ChrisMayLA6 @urlyman @epistatacadam it would also be useful to be able to liquidate properties in long-term probate. When you have a semi that hasn't been maintained for ten years it can become a problem due to vandalism, infestation, deterioration etc.

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     Annie Radetzky (soupdragon@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:51:23 JST Annie Radetzky

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     • Epistatacadam

     @anarchic_teapot @ChrisMayLA6 @urlyman @epistatacadam yes sorry. I deal with domestic/housing property only

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     Anarchic Teapot ⚧️ (anarchic_teapot@lingo.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:51:24 JST Anarchic Teapot ⚧️

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     • Epistatacadam

     @Soupdragon @ChrisMayLA6 @urlyman @epistatacadam I think you mean housing property. It would be interesting to see a crackdown on empty *commercial* property, because there's always too much of that and converting some of it into living space would solve a lot of problems.

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     Annie Radetzky (soupdragon@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 21:17:12 JST Annie Radetzky

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     • Epistatacadam

     @ChrisMayLA6 @anarchic_teapot @urlyman @epistatacadam a lot depends on the building. Georgian shop units can convert quite nicely. A 70s office block or a 90s carpet showroom is not so good. Costs may vary.

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     Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 21:17:13 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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     @anarchic_teapot @Soupdragon @urlyman @epistatacadam

     In the past in my timeline we've discussed re-purposing commercial property to residential, and the consensus was while possible, not as easy or as cheap as people often think - which is not to say it shouldn't be done, but it is not a 'cheap fix' (not that I am suggesting you thought it was)