New homes: What's happened to the government's housebuilding target?

[patman post]

Don't worry. Croydon is going to kick off London's Naked Cycling effort for the World Naked Bike Ride.

Must make you proud how local councillors can find a way that not all assets need to be covered...

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[Streetwalker]

Dunno.

Didn't Croydon Council go bankrupt?

And were the Labour party not voted back in as the majority party?

Maybe the councillors just reflect their constituents.

Well they cant actually go bankrupt , the government just steps in and puts the  council on notice but yes in effect thats what happened . 
I couldn't believe people still voted for the thieving bastards that have been running the council but at least they haven'y got a working majority and with a conservative Mayor it shouldnt be as bad as it was .

Saddo though pushes on with the housebuilding ,well at least he seccured government funds for it 
Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 | London City Hall

£8.8 Billion not to be sneezed at I suppose but affordable ? Dont think so ,they will probably end up as very expensive social housing like in my borough . 

[Borchester]

As the report mentions any housing has to be affordable . There are ten new houses the council built down the road that have remained unsold for almost  a year .
They priced the 3 bed terraced houses  at half a million quid which is about £100K over the top . Thats an expensive premium for a new house in the middle of a council estate with no parking

With nobody showing an interest (heres the good bit ) the council have paid £5.3M to buy the properties off itself and put them up for social housing . Now I think its great we have more social housing particually much needed family houses but had these homes been built in the first place by the council for the council and not by its own in house development company Im pretty sure they could have knocked these particular properties up for half of whats its cost (And not gone bankrupt )

And thats the problem , too many people namely councillors getting involved in an industry they know little about in the hope they can trouser a few quid without anyone noticing .

Council slips through £5m deal to buy Brick by Brick houses | Inside Croydon

Dunno.

Didn't Croydon Council go bankrupt?

And were the Labour party not voted back in as the majority party?

Maybe the councillors just reflect their constituents.

[Streetwalker]

As the report mentions any housing has to be affordable . There are ten new houses the council built down the road that have remained unsold for almost  a year .
They priced the 3 bed terraced houses  at half a million quid which is about £100K over the top . Thats an expensive premium for a new house in the middle of a council estate with no parking 

With nobody showing an interest (heres the good bit ) the council have paid £5.3M to buy the properties off itself and put them up for social housing . Now I think its great we have more social housing particually much needed family houses but had these homes been built in the first place by the council for the council and not by its own in house development company Im pretty sure they could have knocked these particular properties up for half of whats its cost (And not gone bankrupt )

And thats the problem , too many people namely councillors getting involved in an industry they know little about in the hope they can trouser a few quid without anyone noticing .

Council slips through £5m deal to buy Brick by Brick houses | Inside Croydon

[GBNews]

New homes: What's happened to the government's housebuilding target?

Michael Gove failed to commit to the government's new-homes target, so what's happening to it?

Source: New homes: What's happened to the government's housebuilding target?