To be sick of hearing about 'the housing crisis'?

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This is related to the thread about Angela Rayner wanting to build 1.5 million new homes. Is anyone else sick to the back teeth of hearing about the supposed housing crisis in this country?

I live in a semi-rural area, and the amount of house building around here over the last few years has been crazy. Hundreds of houses appearing on pretty much any vacant piece of land, turning what was once a small village into something that feels closer to a town in size. Roads getting busier and busier, and and all the while nothing has been done to provide any new facilities like doctors or schools.

I understand people's frustration of not being able to buy a home. But surely just concreting over more and more of the countryside is completely unsustainable?

If the housing crisis is really so bad, why isn't the Government taking more of an innovative approach? How many town centres/high streets have empty shops that could be converted to residential use? Or properties that have stood empty for years and haven't been brought back to market? Surely just through that, there would be an enormous surplus of homes available, and less need to concrete over more and more of the countryside?

Agreed I don’t see the point. The houses they build aren’t cheap either… the issue isn’t lack of houses it’s low wages making housing and rent unaffordable. Theres tonnes of bloody houses.

Last week we went abroad to do some stuff for BIL’s upcoming wedding and SIL2B was showing me an area near her family’s home that’s being built on. First to be built was the school, Dr’s and shops. Once they’re built and signed off they get to build the social and low cost housing. Only once that is done do they get to build the real money making houses. It seems like a really good way of doing it, too often the infrastructure doesn’t get built

There’s 10 homes available to rent in my town. That is all! Only one is under £1000 per month (it’s “only” £995). I guess you don’t care about the housing crisis if you have a home.

The stench of privilege is overwhelming

Are there loads of homeless on the streets?

Are you actually that stupid or just think you’re hilarious?